All functions of Richland County’s Community Planning & Development Department will close 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28 for staff training focused on improving services.

To celebrate Community Planning Week, the Neighborhood Improvement Program team will host two public events centered on various community planning initiatives and services while highlighting planning efforts in the County. 

REI Automation, a Columbia-based company that designs and builds robotics, assembly lines and special-purpose machines for the automotive, medical, nuclear, electronics and consumer goods markets, is expanding its operations in Richland County

Two roads will lose direct access to North Main Street as part of a road-widening project.

Motorists and pedestrians traveling along Rabbit Run Road will need to find alternate routes starting in early November, when the roadway closes for about two months for a drainage construction project.