The Environmental Education Association of South Carolina (EEASC) is a nonprofit providing natural resource conservation education in South Carolina. EEASC is affiliated with the Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance, which is part of the North American Association of Environmental Education (NAAEE), a national nonprofit founded in 1971. NAAEE operates in 56 states and 30 countries, with more than 30,000 members involved. […]
A Dog’s Best Friend
All my adult life, or at least the last 70 years or so, I have been trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up; what is my highest and best use? I think I have finally figured it out. Actually, my daughter, Allison, unknowingly led me to this life-changing epiphany. Three years ago, with two […]
“The Cat Behind the Hat” exhibition coming to Columbia
For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss’s illustrations have brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. His artistic talent went far beyond the printed page and yet, to this day, his Secret Art Collection is virtually unknown to the general public. Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) created paintings and sculptures, which he secreted away […]
A Can of Whoop Up
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationWhile watching a recent NCAA football game I heard a different version of a common expression. Billy Bob Thornton, famous ne’er-dowell and occasional actor, uttered the phrase during a T-Mobile commercial. I don’t consider myself well versed in language, especially ever-changing, possibly inappropriate language. But either way, I was surprised. The original phrase, one my Dear Mother was very much […]
Out of Africa…way out!
I’m just saying...My friends all think I’m a sissy. I recently had lunch with some girlfriends, and the conversation, as usual, turned to traveling and our bucket lists and such. We all love to travel, and of course, we love to hear each other’s stories. One of the girls was planning a trip to Africa, and I was captivated. “Tell me everything,” […]
An Interlude in France—Verdun the Terrible
Originally published March 5, 2010Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being. “The ravines of death swallowed up entire units…The hill screams beneath its crown, night after night.” The battle of Verdun in World War I lasted for 300 days and nights. The […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina has announced that Tobin Cassels, president of Southeastern Freight Lines of Columbia, is one of three Laureates to be inducted into the South Carolina Business Hall of Fame on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Pastides Alumni Center at The University of South Carolina. NAI Columbia has announced the addition of Tabitha Dorsey as […]
Major hospital expansions portend growth phase
A wave of hospital expansions is set to transform South Carolina’s healthcare market, drawing providers out of older spaces and into centralized, system-branded spaces in each of the state’s major markets. This proliferation of investment, triggered by the state’s rapid population growth as well as 2023 updates to South Carolina’s Certificate of Need laws, occurs amidst a national wave of […]
Local newspapers keep communities strong
Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In today’s fractured media environment, trust is the rarest commodity. Confidence in “the media” is low. Only 18 percent […]
BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced September 24 nearly $12 million in grants to three South Carolina organizations to help Veterans who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless: Eastern Carolina Homelessness Organization, Inc., $3,060,790; One-Eighty Place, $5,606,266; and Alston Wilkes Society, $3,054,213. Throughout fiscal year 2026, the grants will fund the organizations as they help Veterans access housing and […]