West Columbia
The Virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service is at 10 a.m. Thursday.Robin Jackson, First Lady of Brookland Baptist Church (the wife of Senior Pastor Dr. Charles Jackson) has been invited to give one of the prayers at the 59th Annual Inaugural Prayer Service. Brookland Baptist Church is home to West Columbia’s largest congregation. Below is a […]
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed each year on the third Monday in January. In King’s honor, the Columbia Urban League’s Annual MLK Breakfast will be held at 8 a.m., Monday, at the Brookland Banquet and Conference Center at 1066 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia. The theme of the MLK Breakfast is economic empowerment. […]
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There will be a ceremony to present West Columbia’s new fire engine on Jan. 28. The event is open to the public. It will include equipment performance demonstrations. The ceremony will be held at the West Columbia Fire Department, 610 N. Main St. in West Columbia.
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The West Columbia Dream Deals is opening in Sunset Court, Friday. It’s at 2271 Sunset Boulevard According to a Dream Deals post: “Everything is ready to go for our grand opening on Friday!! We open the doors at 9 am and everything is $6/item!” At 5 p.m. Friday, Dream Deals will close and then restock […]
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West Columbia, like the rest of the country, has been dealing with the coronavirus crisis since March. The international pandemic has no doubt affected local businesses. “It’s still slow,” said Terry Close. She and her husband Bob, own Bricks and Stones Pizza Co. off of US 1 in Woodberry Plaza, West Columbia. “We have our […]
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The South Carolina Sales Tax Free Weekend is Aug. 7 thru 9. Clothes, computers, and school supplies are on the list of items that can be bought with no sales tax. South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday begins next Friday and lasts until Sunday. The Sales Tax Holiday in South Carolina first started in 2000. […]
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East Point Academy will offer full-day and five-day in-person instruction for school year 2020-21 at both of its West Columbia campus sites. The middle school is on Leaphart Street, off of Sunset Boulevard. The elementary school is on Chris Drive. East Point Academy is a tuition free Chinese immersion public charter school offering offering four-year-old […]
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There have been 440 confirmed cases of coronavirus in West Columbia (29169) as of Monday, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. In Cayce (29033) DHEC reports 208 coronavirus cases and there have been 310 confirmed cases in the 29170 Zip code, in the Springdale -West Columbia area. There have been 85 […]
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