Columbia City Council gave final approval on a measure that would punish landlords if their properties play host to large house parties, an ef…

Fall in Columbia typically means residents will have access to an eruption of creativity on the University of South Carolina campus, with stud…

Recall a typical USC football gameday experience, in normal times.

A season with few or no college football fans coming to town will issue yet another blow to the cash-strapped businesses that had hope for the influx of funds the sport usually brings.

Poverty strikes everyone from the uber-educated to the folks that went straight into the workforce after high school. COVID has become the equalizer. Regardless of background, we are going through similar things.

With theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and amphitheaters and other spaces now allowed to operate at 50 percent capacity, different rooms are taking different approaches.

At the private Columbia bar Pam’s Front Porch, a sign beckons for customers to do the right thing, not because they necessarily believe in the…

Earlier this summer, Frank Adams was frustrated. With the state recommending, but not mandating restaurants and other businesses to wear masks…

With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, opportunities for Columbia musicians to play live have drastically diminished.

It’s the simplest part of any academic year.

Columbia City Council passed a measure that extends the city's emergency order requiring citizens to wear masks in businesses.

Columbia's public housing agency says a resident in one of its senior living apartment towers has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Within the span of two days, Columbia has lost two of its signature fall experiences to the continued spread of COVID-19. One day after the So…

With a national pandemic leaving the University of South Carolina in a time of uncertainty, many campus hallmarks are facing budget cuts — inc…

South Carolina distillers are asking politicians for more aid as the pandemic continues to ravage the state’s economy.

In Alex Suaudom du Monde’s dream, the Baan Sawan chef is exploring with his children near a creek. He hops down, and his kids are no longer in…

If this were another summer, maybe things would be different.

There will be no floating music festival on Lake Murray this year.

There are a lot of questions regarding COVID-19 and dining, whether at restaurants or home.

A veteran Columbia Police Department officer has died from complications associated with COVID-19.

For nearly three decades, Dr. Linda Bell has toiled in the realm of public health in South Carolina.

Columbia bars and restaurants will soon have a new restriction to deal with.

Another prominent exhibition space is reopening its doors.

Harbison Theatre, the surprisingly adventurous and ambitious performance space on Midlands Technical College’s suburban campus in Irmo, won’t …

Even before COVID-19, many in the restaurant industry would likely tell you that the way it works doesn’t make a lot of sense. The daily insta…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the Columbia Food and Wine Festival will no longer hold its marquee tasting event or any of the various small…

Richland County has opted to join Columbia in requiring masks when entering businesses.

"It's devastating."

The superintendent of a Midlands school district has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Citing the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in South Carolina, the Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team on Sunday announced the cancell…

Gov. Henry McMaster fully lifted restrictions on restaurants — and issued guidelines for limited capacity — in May, but restaurants across the state are facing tens of thousands of dollars or more in losses even after getting forgivable federal loans to meet payroll. Those costs have been exacerbated as many restaurants have temporarily closed again when employees test positive for the virus.

COVID-19 may have brought most performance venues and performing arts organizations to a screeching and unwilling halt earlier this year, but …

Columbia City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance that will require citizens to wear masks at commercial businesses in the Capital City, in…

For the last few years in Columbia, the Summer Solstice has been abuzz with creative activity. Led by the local culture-boosting nonprofit One…

Soda City Market announced its June 27 return last week. It wasn’t good timing.

As the City of Columbia is considering requiring citizens to wear masks in public places amid the quickly spreading coronavirus pandemic, at l…

Need to learn how to make a classic cocktail or carbonara? Bourbon and Black Rooster's Kristian Niemi has a video for it. Looking for his reop…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants that reopen don’t always stay open.

So, how’s that “reopening” going, South Carolina? Weeks after many businesses, dine-in restaurants and other amenities in the Palmetto State w…

South Carolina's only national park is set to reopen more areas that had previously been shuttered amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Columbia's bus system will require riders to wear masks as cases of the novel coronavirus have surged in South Carolina.