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Projections show South Carolina’s aerospace industry is poised for rapid growth over the next 10 years, said Steve Townes, former chairman of SC Aerospace. Total economic impact of the state’s aerospace cluster should near... Read More

The Palmetto State has emerged as a role model to the rest of the country in its ability to attract and grow manufacturing, Gov. Henry McMaster said today in keynoting the fourth annual S.C. Aerospace Conference & Expo. “Nob... Read More

Santee Cooper chief Lonnie Carter is retiring, less than a month after the state-owned power company and partner S.C. Electric & Gas Co. abandoned construction of two reactor units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield ... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster has rejected calls to fire the chief of the Office of Regulatory Staff, who has been targeted by lawmakers for blame following the shutdown of a reactor construction project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. On Wedne... Read More

A special House panel learned today that state regulators gave the OK to S.C. Electric & Gas' application to build two reactor units at its Jenkinsville nuclear plant before the federal government had signed off on the final... Read More

On the northeast side of Columbia, a BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina subsidiary operates one of the largest health information data centers in the world. Every day, the company — Companion Data Services — hums ... Read More

Santee Cooper dropped plans to raise electricity rates for at least the next two years to help pay the utility’s share of a now-abandoned reactor project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. The board voted unanimously today to ... Read More

Malissa Burnette said she had been contemplating retirement when a team of attorneys with whom she worked at a Columbia law firm began thinking about out on their own. The process began March 13, and by June 1 the firm of Burnette Shu... Read More

Republican and Democratic leaders of the S.C. Senate called today for a special session of the General Assembly to take up a joint resolution to block further electric rate increases for SCE&G and Santee Cooper customers until the Le... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster today announced the creation of a “rapid response” coalition of public and private organizations to help workers who lost their jobs this week when SCE&G and Santee Cooper shutdown the new reactor proj... Read More

Some 50 South Carolina legislators have formed a bipartisan energy caucus that aims to learn what led to the scuttling of the new reactor project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and the layoffs of some 5,000 workers. During a press con... Read More

The chairman of the S.C. Public Service Commission charged today that SCANA Corp. “blindsided” state regulators when its subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas,  said it was abandoning construction of two reactor ... Read More

One might expect to find amenities like a fitness center, yoga studio and a dog park in an upscale suburban neighborhood. But these features as well as saltwater pools, cabanas and outdoor kitchens are now being offered in multifamily re... Read More

Updated at 5:07 p.m. The construction of two additional reactor units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, once hailed as the renaissance of U.S. commercial nuclear industry, has been abandoned by S.C. Electric & Gas Co. Inc. and ... Read More

South Carolina Electric & Gas has asked state regulators to reschedule a briefing on the status of two reactor units under construction at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station until next week. In a filing with the S.C. Public Service Commi... Read More

South Carolina Electric & Gas plans to update state regulators on the status of two reactor units under construction at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County. In a filing with the S.C. Public Service Commission, the comp... Read More

When the first increase since 1987 of the gas tax kicks in Saturday, the S.C. Department of Transportation can count on millions more to fix the state’s crumbling 41,000-mile network of roads and bridges. Transportation Secretar... Read More

Samsung Electronics plans to invest $380 million and launch a home appliance manufacturing operation in Newberry County’s former Caterpillar plant. The facility, which Samsung expects to have up and running early next year,... Read More

Westinghouse Electric Company, contractor for the nuclear construction project underway at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station has agreed to stay on the job through Aug. 10. SCANA and Santee Cooper, partners in the project to add two 1,117-me... Read More

Giti Tire, which is building a 1.8-million-square-foot plant in Chester County, has received confirmation that two of its Giti-brand tire sizes will come as original equipment on the 2019 Volkswagen Passat. The announcement marks the ... Read More

The proposed merger of Palmetto Health and Greenville Health systems will create South Carolina’s largest health care system, with 13 hospitals serving 1.2 million patients annually. In addition, the partnership will result in o... Read More

On a clear, crisp spring morning, 700 of the U.S. Army’s newest soldiers, dressed in white shirts, blue trousers and black berets, marched across the Fort Jackson parade field as the 282nd Army Band played patriotic music. Meant... Read More

A China-based tire manufacturer expects to invest $1 billion and build a new plant in Orangeburg County  that would employ about 1,200 workers. The Wanli Tire US Plant project would be constructed in two phases over a span of eig... Read More

Fort Jackson celebrates its 100th birthday this weekend with a number of activities. Those activities can be found at https://www.facebook.com/fortjackson/ Fort Jackson occupies a unique place in the U.S. Army as the only post totally... Read More

President Donald Trump’s spending plan for the 2018 fiscal year includes $85 million for construction projects at Fort Jackson and Shaw Air Force Base. In addition, the Trump administration is asking Congress to green-light work... Read More

Lowes Foods hosted a ribbon-cutting Wednesday for its first Midlands store, located at the northwest corner of Charter Oak Road and Augusta Road in Lexington. The approximately 50,000-square-foot store, which is across the road from L... Read More

In next year’s federal budget, President Donald Trump has proposed pulling the plug on the controversial and costly mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel project at Savannah River Site. Instead of proceeding with construction of the MOX plant,... Read More

Westinghouse Electric notified the S.C. Public Service Commission on Thursday that it doesn’t intend to take a position on a request to revoke confidential treatment of a contract South Carolina Electric & Gas signed for the co... Read More

From April 24, 2017 print issue of the Columbia Regional Business Report When SCANA and Santee Cooper announced in May 2008 plans to build two, 1,117-megawatt reactor units, it was heralded as a key moment in the nation’s march ... Read More

The federal government has scuttled plans to tear down the former Veterans Administration Regional Office building in downtown Columbia and clear the site for a parking lot. The General Services Administration, which manages U.S. gove... Read More

With a new leader at its helm, IT-oLogy plans to expand its education programs to reach children all the way down to the pre-school level and teach girls that it’s OK to be a tech “nerd.” Additionally, the 501(c)(3) ... Read More

Updated at 5:49 p.m. May 1 with response from SCE&G. The state Office of Regulatory Staff wants the S.C. Public Service Commission to revoke confidential treatment of a contract S.C. Electric & Gas signed with the contractor b... Read More

The Secretary of the Army has accepted a Midlands organization’s gift of a $3 million Centennial Park to be built at Fort Jackson. The park, gifted by the Gateway to the Army Association, will be located on the site of ... Read More

From the March 27-April 9, 2017 print issue of the Columbia Regional Business Report Spring Valley High School junior Chris Boring had already dabbled in construction, building a 10-foot-by-10-foot wood shed with a metal roof. But ... Read More

When asked what they thought was the Midlands’ No. 1 health issue, most health professionals and government officials said it was mental health. However, after Palmetto Health team members in Lexington, Richland and Sumter count... Read More

During Wednesday’s 70-minute conference call with financial analysts, SCANA CEO and chairman Kevin Marsh was asked why the company doesn’t go ahead and abandon the new reactor project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. Hours ... Read More

SCANA and Santee Cooper announced today they have reached agreement with Westinghouse Electric Co., which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to continue work on two reactor units under construction at V.C. Summer Nuclear Sta... Read More

A passenger looking out the window of a jetliner waiting to take off at Columbia Metropolitan Airport might be surprised to see a deep blue sea of photovoltaic panels. There are 4,368 of these 3-foot-by-6-foot panels covering 5 ac... Read More

Every January for the past decade, Seibels’ managers reviewed plans for responding to a hurricane that strikes somewhere in the Southeast, where the company serves more than 350,000 policyholders. They would do some tweaking whe... Read More

Debate over two bills aimed at standardizing the process of obtaining a business license are expected to resume Wednesday in the state House of Representatives and as far as one interested party is concerned both measures have problems. ... Read More

 A $50 million lawsuit stemming from Palmetto Health’s recruitment of the Moore Clinic orthopedics practice away from Providence Hospitals may be headed to state court after U.S. District Judge Joseph Anderson dismissed federa... Read More

Even if the Legislature agrees on a long-term funding plan for the state’s crumbling roads and bridges, the construction industry will need time ramp up its operations to meet demand. During the Great Recession, the industry was... Read More

S.C. lawmakers have learned complying with the federal Real ID law, which they have defied for nearly a decade, could cost as much as $93 million. That’s the amount Kevin Shwedo, executive director of the S.C. Department of ... Read More

SCANA executives said Thursday they started putting together contingency plans in case Westinghouse Electric can’t finish the job of building two reactor units at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville. During an 86-minut... Read More

SCANA executives are expected to comment during Thursday’s 2016 earnings call on how Toshiba Corp.’s mounting financial losses might impact the ongoing construction of two reactor units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. ... Read More

China Jushi expects to name a general contractor in about four weeks for the company’s $300 million fiberglass plant in Richland County. Once a general contractor is picked, then the company can begin the work of hiring subcontr... Read More

(From Jan. 16 print issue of Columbia Regional Business Report) China Jushi’s groundbreaking on a $300 million manufacturing facility in southeast Columbia that’s expected to create 400 jobs provided the payoff of Richland... Read More

When Scott Hinton’s retirement as president of Companion Life was announced back in April, the transition already had been in the works for years. Philip Gardham, who moved up to president from COO on Jan. 1, was hired 10 years ear... Read More

Business leaders offered congratulations and support to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who moved into his new office today after being sworn in Tuesday night as the state’s 117th governor. McMaster, elected lieutenant ... Read More

S.C. roads rank as the deadliest in the nation, and the most dangerous routes lie outside of metro areas, state Transportation Secretary Christy Hall told DOT commissioners on Thursday. Making roads in rural areas safer should be the ... Read More

Coming up with a long-term funding program to fix the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges tops the S.C. Chamber of Commerce’s legislative agenda for the 122nd General Assembly. While roads along with workforce dev... Read More