Richland County is providing free emergency preparedness brochures and accompanying display holders to businesses, community groups, civic organizations and houses of worship to distribute life-saving information to residents at places they regularly frequent.

The nation’s top credit rating agencies, Moody’s Investor’s Service (“Moody’s) and S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), assigned their respective highest ratings in July to Richland County’s financial outlook.

About 18,300 property owners will soon receive notice that their property value has increased.

At the end of a dirt lane off Old Clemson Road, two dozen residents quietly gather in a small cemetery to say goodbye to their loved ones.

Richland County is seeking input on a new set of guidelines aimed at limiting the negative effects construction projects may have on the surrounding environment.