Richland County Council gave first reading by title only to its first two-year budget, which totals more than $1.7 billion for fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

LuLaRoe is opening a distribution center in Richland County. The project is expected to bring about $35 million of new capital investment to the area and create at least 1,000 new jobs.

As National County Government Month comes to a close, Richland County wants to remind residents that they can stay involved in local government all year long.

Whitehouse Road in Richland County will close to traffic beginning Wednesday, April 26 and is scheduled to reopen the following week. 

Residents affected by the historic October 2015 floods are encouraged to attend one of six public meetings Richland County will hold in May to provide information on registering to receive federal funding to assist in recovering from the natural disaster.