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Columbia Vehicle Group has selected Aiken County for the company’s first South Carolina operation. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Apr 17, 2024

South Carolina’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure topic of upcoming meetings

The sessions will provide an update on the state’s efforts to support the electric vehicle industry and ecosystem

Students who pass the first part of the course will be eligible for part two — a hands-on day of operator training. (Photo/Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina)
Apr 16, 2024

Goodwill program offers path to drone pilot career

Goodwill is offering the job-training program for aspiring …

Methodical Coffee will be located at 2149 Pickens St. in downtown Columbia and will be Methodical's two-story flagship café. (Rendering/Project Plus Architects
Apr 16, 2024

Greenville coffee chain to open newest location in downtown Columbia

The location will be the chain's two-story flagship café, and will include a training space for baristas.                                  

United Homes Group was named 2024 Builder of the Year by Builder magazine, a national publication that covers the home construction industry. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Apr 16, 2024

Columbia company with projects across South Carolina named national Builder of the Year

Builder magazine said exceptional growth and company culture were among the reasons United Homes Group was …

Knight’s Cos. and its precast concrete division, Knight’s Precast, has acquired MST Concrete Products Inc. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Apr 15, 2024

Summerville construction company acquires Upstate’s MST Concrete Products

The company serves the Midlands, Lowcountry and Coastal markets of South Carolina.

The Gong, now repaired, will be reinstalled in the Vista in a ceremony on April 16. (Photo/One Columbia)
Apr 12, 2024

Iconic Columbia artwork to be rededicated after theft and recovery

A tribute to a public relations executive will take its place in the Vista again, after being restored to …

The Big Sampson Wind Project is under construction but ENGIE already operates several wind turbine arrays in the United States, including this one, Jumbo Hill in Andrews County, Texas, which generates 160 megawatts of electricity. (Photo/ENGIE)
Apr 11, 2024

Hartsville industrial giant partners on company’s first renewable energy project

One of the world’s largest packaging companies aspires to get 48% of its U.S. energy from renewable …

Recent data reinforce the notion that the economy continues to expand at an impressive pace while the inflation rate remains on track to steadily shrink. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Apr 10, 2024

ECONOMIST: Strong employment does not preclude rate cuts

Recent data reinforce the notion that the economy continues to expand at an impressive pace while the inflation rate …

has opened a new Columbia Connection Center on the ground floor of the company’s temporary offices in the First Base Building of the BullStreet District. (Photo/Scout Motors)
Apr 10, 2024

Scout Motors opens community hub at Columbia BullStreet office

The space will allow the community to learn more about the history of the original Scout vehicles.

Prohibition cocktail bar is opening April 10 in downtown Columbia. (Photo/Andrew Cebulka)
Apr 10, 2024

Charleston’s Prohibition cocktail bar opens downtown Columbia location

The King Street mainstay is personalizing the Columbia location with local touches.

Global paper-based packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has purchased the first building at Hunt Midwest‘s new Evergreen 85 Logistics Park immediately adjacent to Interstate 85 in South Carolina’s Anderson-Greenville-Spartanburg industrial corridor. (Rendering/Hunt Midwest)
Apr 10, 2024

Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa enters South Carolina market with purchase of facility

Smurfit Kappa will own and occupy a 258,801-square-foot building in an industrial park.

A company called e-VAC Magnetics will build rare earth neodymium-iron-boron magnets like these at their future plant in Sumter. (Photo/e-VAC Magnetics)
Apr 9, 2024

Manufacturer secures $112M tax credit for its $500M-plus Sumter facility

The Department of Energy credit will support construction of plant that will supply electric vehicle supply chain with …