Students at four Richland County schools will receive hands-on environmental education this school year, thanks to financial support provided by the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (RSWCD).

Richland County and the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an Arbor Day Celebration at Watkins-Nance Elementary School in Columbia on Friday, Dec. 1. Five classes will take part in an official tree planting that morning.

County Government offices will close Thursday, Nov. 23 and Friday, Nov. 24 in observance of Thanksgiving.

Grants worth thousands will soon be available for nonprofits and other groups seeking to protect and preserve the County’s rich land and historic places.

Richland County Council has approved text amendments to the County’s Land Development Code (LDC).