West Columbia

Superfoods company, CAIF, building $5 million facility in West Columbia, creating 20 jobs

Concentrated Active Ingredients and Flavors, Inc. (CAIF), a supplier of innovative naturally sourced ingredients, announced plans to establish operations in West Columbia and Lexington County. The $5 million investment will create 20 new jobs. Located on Technology Drive in West Columbia, CAIF’s new facility will increase the company’s capacity to meet growing demand. Additionally, the […]

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Car crashes into limo at Al’s Happy Mart and sends it airborne – Video of crash

Wonder what happened to the limousine that has sat for years in front of the Happy Mart Exxon at the corner of Charleston Highway and Knox-Abbott Drive? Just before midnight on Feb. 28, an east-bound car, from out-of-town, missed the curve and smashed into the limo and sent it airborne. The big car flew far […]

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West Columbia’s Art on State is May 6

The City of West Columbia has scheduled its fifth annual Art on State event for May 6, the first Friday of the month. It’s in the 100 block of State St. from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. and free. Art on State attracts thousands of visitors. Two bands, Whiskey Run and Seventy Six and Sunny, […]

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Sexual assault report spurs search for suspect by Lexington County Deputies

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has released a composite image of a suspect in a recent sexual assault.The victim told investigators it happened about 4 a.m. Thursday (March 3) in the general area of Fairlane Drive/Pine Lake Drive between Sunset Boulevard and Ephrata Drive. That’s in an unincorporated part of West Columbia, close to Lexington. […]

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Man dies in West Columbia fire, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a home fire that occurred in the 700 block of Westside Drive in West Columbia shortly after 6:30 a.m., Monday. According to Fisher, Mr. Arthur Holladay, 67, of West Columbia was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead due to […]

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Foggy February Thursday morning in Lexington County

A dense fog had descended over Lexington County at daybreak, Thursday. On Sunset Boulevard, at Riverbank Elementary School and Northside Middle School, and I-26 visibility was reduced as a result of the fog. By 8 a.m. the fog was beginning to burn off.

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New West Columbia businesses attract a regional clientele

An influx of new businesses have opened in West Columbia and those businesses are drawing a regional clientele. “I could not have picked a better place,” said Dominic Peterson, owner of Gentleman’s Quarters Barbershop at 117 State St. It is in the Brookland Development in the WeCo River District. “I have people come in from […]

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Saturday – Bomb the Hill on a skateboard at West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day Test Run

The City of West Columbia’s Test Run Day for Kinetic Derby Day is this Saturday (Feb. 5) for the 3rd Annual Kinetic Derby Day, which is Saturday, April 23. Derby car drivers will have the opportunity to practice racing and testing their cars, from 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM. Helmets are required for all test […]

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