Tag Archives: Richland County

Columbia’s census appeals

By Adam Beam | Published: December 14, 2009
The State’s Noelle Phililps wrote an excellent article in today’s newspaper about how local governments are spending lots of money and hours trying to convince census officials that certain addresses exist. Noelle’s story mainly focused on Richland and Lexington counties, who are appealing a combined 13,000 addresses. Their appeals are due by Dec. 31. Columbia officials are [...]
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He said, they said

By adam beam | Published: October 8, 2009
Columbia Mayor Bob Coble and several Richland County officials appear to be having an argument via WIS. The fuss was prompted by this story, which detailed the frustrations of some firefighters over an EMS policy that will not allow city firefighters to drive county ambulances. (However, WIS did report on this issue last year.) County officials, including [...]
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Labor Day changes for trash pickup in Richland County

By adam beam | Published: August 17, 2009
Attention Richland County residents: Labor Day is going to mess with your trash collection schedule. No trash will be picked up on Monday, pushing everyone back a day. Monday’s routes will be picked up on Tuesday, Tuesday’s on Wednesday, etc. Also, the landfill and the Lower Richland drop off center will also be closed on Labor [...]
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City sees opportunity with broadband stimulus

By adam beam | Published: July 29, 2009
Columbia, Richland County and Benedict College officials are meeting today to discuss how they can team up to go after $7.2 billion in stimulus money for broadband technology. Columbia is eyeing the money to help with its plan to install super-smart security cameras that can hear gunshots. It’s not the cameras that are expensive, it’s the fiber [...]
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Foreclosures in Richland County

By adam beam | Published: December 7, 2008
There’s a good story in today’s paper about home foreclosures across the state. According to HUD, Richland County has the highest number of foreclosures, while Allendale County has the highest rate of foreclosures. This is the same data that Richland County and Columbia leaders are trying to use to tap into $49 million in HUD grants [...]
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