West Columbia

West Columbia retailers preparing for Tax-Free Weekend, Aug. 7-9

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 offering 5-day, in-person classes

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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958 COVID-19 cases in Cayce, Springdale and West Columbia

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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Some St. Anns Alley homes getting close to completion in West Columbia’s River District

Some of the homes in St Anns Alley are getting close to be completed. And there is a “SOLD” sign on at least one of the houses. St Anns Alley is a community of 34 single-family homes in the burgeoning West Columbia River District. the new homes are being built in the area of Center, […]

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West Columbia is a great location for Savage Hair Studio

The following article is included in the June-July edition of the City of West Columbia Newsletter – Click here for a link to the newsletter: West Columbia attracts a lot of new business, Savage Hair Studio at 841 Meeting Street, West Columbia, is one of those new businesses. Brooke Rakowsky opened Savage Hair Studio in […]

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From West Columbia to New York City; An unexpected pleasure

By Terry Ward- I was filtering through some old photos and came across a file entitled NYC. It was June 2016, our anniversary, and my first trip to New York City. Airbnb was catching on, and my wife Lana, booked us in a six-story apartment building in Harlem. The flat belonged to Sara who was […]

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