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    Columbia considers plans to jumpstart North Main

    Three Columbia City Council members have a plan to jumpstart North Main communities by using property taxes from rebounding areas. It's modeled on the program that has helped build the Vista.

  • Despite heat, energy consumption down

    Despite the arrival of summer’s heat, a tanking economy and energy conservation efforts appear to be prompting South Carolinians to trim their appetite for electricity.

  • Coble pitches city in China

    Mayor hopes to gain business partners Columbia Mayor Bob Coble is in China this week schmoozing with business leaders in the world’s fastest growing economy to entice them to spend their money in the Midlands.

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4 charged in NE Richland break-ins

Four suspects wanted in connection with five burglaries in the Hunters Mill apartments in Northeast Richland County have been arrested.

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Backbones optional Behind the scenes, some state lawmakers are interested in forming a legislative panel with subpoena power to investigate Gov. Mark Sanford’s recent activities.

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Melanie Huggins began her library career 15 years ago in the children’s room of the Richland County Public Library. After professional stops in Charlotte and then St. Paul, Minn., Huggins returned to Columbia last week as the library’s new executive director.

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