Martin Marietta is looking to expand its Cayce quarry operation toward the Congaree River, quarry leadership said. Some neighbors aren’t happy. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Forest Acres has revealed an update to the design of a six-acre city park planned for a portion of the former Richland Mall site. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Columbia was filled with “Columbia cottage” style homes from before the Civil War and into the mid-20th Century, but only 25 percent of them survive today. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

The new restaurant and apartments are planned for the historic building up for renovation near a variety of restaurants and nightlife options. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Chicago student housing developer Core Spaces sold the Main Street office building less than a year after buying it. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Columbia’s new urban design review board approved revised plans for a controversial gas station on North Main Street, despite an ongoing legal challenge from neighbors. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Murdaugh attorney Dick Harpootlian said Attorney General Alan Wilson used the possibility of pursuing the death penalty in Murdaugh’s new murder trial as a sound bite for his campaign for governor. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/murdaugh-upd...

The private student housing complex was one of the first to receive major tax breaks from Richland County as Columbia underwent a student housing construction boom. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Items from the 2026 SC Athletic Hall of Fame class are now on display in a refreshed exhibit at the state museum in Columbia, including pieces from Gamecock and Clemson greats. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...

A developer is asking Forest Acres to sign off on plans to build new homes on one of the largest pieces of open real estate in the city. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The city and county may put property tax revenue from future development in the Vista toward maintenance at planned riverfront park and an expansion of city convention center. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The building will serve as the new headquarters for a credit union with 86,000 members, over 300 employees and 15 branches across the Midlands. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Signs at the downtown bar had been removed as of May 12. The bar’s state-issued liquor licenses were revoked a week earlier. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

State offices have been required to close for Confederate Memorial Day since 2000, when Martin Luther King Jr. Day was also formalized. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Horrell Hill Elementary School was placed on lockdown after a shooting in the school's back parking lot, Richland School District One said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Authorities had suspended some public boat access while they searched for a man who went missing in the Wateree River, the Kershaw County Fire Service said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Columbia’s zoning board approved plans for a new stairwell and elevator at the long-vacant 2221 Devine office building in Five Points, paving the way for a potential rooftop restaurant. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Demolition has wrapped up at the former Richland Mall in Forest Acres. Crews will now begin preparing the site for new apartments and retail development, joined by a city park. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Columbia City Council gave final approval to a deal to sell the downtown post office. City leaders say the city wasn’t looking to sell. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Concrete and steel have reached about three stories at what will become a 26-story tower housing apartments for both college students and non-student renters. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Update: We have learned that both Jay’s Bar and Grill in the Vista and Jay’s Vape and Wellness shop no longer have active business licenses with the city. Jay’s Bar has had its alcohol licenses suspended since April 3. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Scoop: Rooftop restaurant, major renovation planned for long-vacant Five Points office building Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Jay's Vape and Wellness at 621 Gadsden St. in downtown Columbia has temporarily closed, according to a sign posted to the business's front door. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Jay's Vape and Wellness at 621 Gadsden St. in downtown Columbia has temporarily closed, according to a sign posted to the business's front door. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The Lexington Police Department is looking for a 17-year-old boy after he was forced from his home by two unknown and armed men on May 3, 2026, the department said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Attorney Dick Harpootlian and Wheeler Hill residents in downtown Columbia have been fighting a subdivision in the neighborhood in the works for nearly half a decade. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann says his proposed change to the city’s development codes is necessary to prompt development in the North Main corridor, despite pushback. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Vertical construction at a $40 million apartment complex at one of Columbia's busiest downtown intersections has been completed. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

One of the region’s largest healthcare providers and one of its largest colleges will partner to expand the school’s programs. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Meteorologists are calling for up to half an inch of rain throughout the Midlands between April 27 and April 30, after weeks of record drought in the region. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

The man jumped into the lake from a boat to save a swimmer in distress, but did not resurface, authorities said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

The West Columbia sale is on track to close as early as the end of May, the company said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The Richland Sheriff's Department is investigating a murder after a man was shot and killed in the middle of the day. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

The school’s principal is retiring after 13 years at the helm. Here’s who’s replacing him in Lexington County. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

A woman is suing the City of Columbia and the state transportation department for injuries sustained in a 2025 hit-and-run at a new crosswalk in Five Points. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

A woman is suing the City of Columbia and the state transportation department for injuries sustained in a 2025 hit-and-run at a new crosswalk in Five Points. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Columbia City Council has given initial approval to plans to sell a downtown post office, after previously planning to incorporate it into Finlay Park. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

One of the largest healthcare providers in the Midlands will expand its footprint with a $16 million building near Malfunction Junction in Columbia. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The lawsuit from a local developer alleges the city walked away from his plans to redevelop Capital City Stadium in favor of another proposal. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

New hires will train with mockups of the equipment they will use to build electric and hybrid vehicles at the Blythewood plant when it comes online in 2027. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

City leaders and residents weigh in on several high-profile, sometimes controversial developments in the small, neighborhood-oriented city just outside Columbia. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Proceeds from the sale will replace funds from the city’s sewer improvement budget used to pay the settlement to the car wash’s former owner, the mayor said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The move is set to add roughly 30 percent more jobs to the company’s West Columbia payroll. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

The announcement was prompted by a proposal from Lexington County to sell 200 acres within the Brighton Business and Technology Park, the mayor said. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

Columbia’s Planning Commission voted against the proposal from Mayor Daniel Rickenmann. What happens now? Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...

An accessible park and playground near the Congaree River has reopened after a month-long construction project. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

The Columbia Police Department is investigating what authorities called "a suspicious death" after discovering a body near Farrow Road on April 13. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

An April 13 lockdown at White Knoll High School was the third lockdown this school year accidentally triggered by the district’s new security alert badges. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Lexington County officials have identified a body pulled from Lake Murray as a Columbia man. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...

Richland County received $2.2 million in federal funds in 2021 for pandemic-relief efforts, dispersing $800,000. The remaining $1.4 million has sat untouched. Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...