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.

A joint effort between Richland County, the City of Columbia and the Columbia Housing Authority led to 12 new houses for local low- to moderate-income families.

Richland Soil and Water Conservation District was presented with a community involvement award for helping to spruce up a local teacher’s outdoor classroom.

In the days after the devastating flood of October 2015, Richland County Council gave one main directive to be the focus of the County’s flood recovery process: Ensure no resident drops through the cracks.