The 35th annual 4th of July Celebration on Lake Murray will be held this Saturday, July 1. The event is hosted by the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board (CCLMC), and presented by Lexington Medical Center. Kicking off the festivities at noon, enjoy the Patriotic Boat Parade as localsContinue Reading
Independence Day is just around the corner, and many people plan to gather for cookouts or shoot off fireworks. Prisma Health wants to make sure you spend this holiday making memories with your loved ones – not treating injuries caused by a fireworks misfire or a burn from a grill.Continue Reading
First Community Bank has announced the completion of its Tackling Hunger campaign with more than 4,000 non-perishable food items collected and donated to local organizations. The campaign was established by the bank’s 2023 Leadership Institute graduating class who selected the critical issue of hunger as its class project to driveContinue Reading
Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board (CCLMC) held a press conference on the front steps of Segra Park June 14 to announce a new BBQ event in the Midlands. “A year from now, in June of 2024, Columbia SC will host the inaugural Southeastern BBQ Showdown” said Miriam Atria,Continue Reading
Nearly $40,000 was raised through the inaugural Dam Boat Run on Lake Murray as it kicked off from the intake towers at the Dreher Shoals Dam on Saturday, June 24. With what organizers hope to be a yearly event more than 65 boats from across the country participated in theContinue Reading
Bassmaster has named Lake Murray #4 out of 100 in their 2023 “100 Best Bass Lakes Revealed” list. The story was featured in the July/August issue of Bassmaster Magazine. “After months of gathering data on hundreds of the best lakes in the nation, the cream of the bass fisheries hasContinue Reading
This article continues from the last one on A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). We see A.I. in almost all articles for writing at this point, and many teachers in school see this in students’ work as well. From the last article, we had a teacher ask how to spot work generated fromContinue Reading
By Mike DuBose with Dr. David Hurst, DVM In our earlier article, we described how our pets bring us great joy and comfort, along with many physical and mental health benefits. Unfortunately, we will outlive our best friends. Animals leave our lives through a variety of ways such as tragicContinue Reading
The Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board has announced Kelly Hughes has joined the team as Marketing and Communications Manager. Hughes graduated from the University of South Carolina in May with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and a minor in Media Arts. Hughes is passionate about local journalismContinue Reading
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and James Risch (R-ID) introduced the Sanctions Evasion Whistleblower Rewards Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would protect national security by offering rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of sanctions evaders.Continue Reading