The Columbia Star

06/24/2025

Dreher High School Class of 2024 graduate Sam Humphries was named the recipient of the Greater Columbia Community Relations Council’s inaugural Mitchell M. Willoughby Community Scholarship. He was recognized during the Greater Columbia Community Relations Council’s 60th Anniversary Luncheon and ...

06/24/2025

https://www.thecolumbiastar.com/articles/local-student-awarded-scholarship-to-study-in-taiwan/

Maelle Wong of Lexington will study Chinese (Mandarin) this summer in Taiwan on a National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship. NSLI-Y, a program of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), promotes the study of Arabic, Chinese (Manda...

06/24/2025

The City of Columbia will operate misting stations in several of the city’s parks to help guests stay cool during the summer months. Misting stations will operate Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the following locations: •Owens Field Park, 1401 Jim Hamilton Boulevard •Martin Luther King...

06/24/2025

History was made at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church June 23. The program, “45 Years in 70 Minutes… Can It Be?” showcased the organ expertise of four musicians who have served as St. Timothy’s organists and choir directors from 1979 to the present. Henry G. Fulmer was organist and choirmaste...

06/24/2025

Thanks to funding provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, the City of Columbia and Columbia Green are launching a five-year program to distribute free trees in the City of Columbia. Mayor Daniel Rickenmann will kick off the program, known as Beat the Heat – Plant a Tre...

06/23/2025

The City of Columbia Public Relations, Media, and Marketing Department has announced Summer of Service from July 1 through October 5. Summer of Service will highlight fundraising and registration efforts for the upcoming 2024 Mayor’s Walk Against Domestic Violence. These services will include the ...

06/23/2025

GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, milkweeds, and stuff I started eons ago? I had a PERFECT no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type soil, withstand drought, and multipl...

06/23/2025

https://www.thecolumbiastar.com/articles/folks-about-town-1018/

Nicole Strong has joined EXIT Realty New Horizons’ team of real estate sales professionals. Lake Murray has been named the No. 1 Best Lake for Water Sports by the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2025. The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization has announced the panelists tasked wi...

06/23/2025

Grayson Greiner of Colliers South Carolina brokered the lease of an approximately 1,711-square-foot building at 3119 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. Colliers represented the property tenant, Luckie’s Pinestraw, in this transaction. Recent transactions from NAI Columbia: Ben Kelly, CCIM and Patr...

06/23/2025

Schneider Electric has announced it is expanding operations in Oconee and Richland counties. The company’s combined investment of $23.8 million will create 280 new jobs throughout 2024.

06/23/2025

David L. Moore has joined First Reliance Bank as a relationship banker, SVP, in the Columbia Market. Leslie Archie, Elizabeth Nkuo Johnson, and Jesse A. Smith have been named to the board of trustees for The Columbia Museum of Art. Chad Bills, D.C. has received the President’s Cup Award; and Evan ...

06/22/2025

Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being. Belvidere Plantation suffered the fate of progress in 1940 at the hands of the Santee-Cooper Project. The grand old house that had...