Saluda News

Columbia homeowner Odesser Harris says a contractor used federal grant money and did shoddy work on her kitchen.

Why are there Christmas trees, wreaths and other holiday decorations in the atrium of the State Museum? It's not for the Festival of Trees.

South Carolina health officials say bacteria levels have returned to normal following a sewage spill sparked by the rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida.

It may be hard to believe, but there are more than 50,000 dams in South Carolina.

South Carolina education officials are recognizing 19 groups and people who volunteer in public schools.

Signs warning of pollution in Columbia's signature rivers were removed Monday as bacteria levels returned to normal, nearly a week after the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida sent raw and partially treated sewage spilling out of area wastewater systems.

COLUMBIA -- South Carolina health officials say rain from the remnants of Tropical torm Ida has pushed raw sewage into three rivers around Columbia.

Pollution discharges from two Saluda River sewer systems are being eliminated in a move expected to reduce the threat of contamination to the river northwest of downtown Columbia.

Hospice Care of Tri-County is currently collecting gifts for our annual Santa Shoppe, benefiting residents of local nursing facilities.

The new Rainbow Falls Trail in Greenville County opened in the spring of 2008 and immediately ranked as one of the most spectacular short hikes in the state.

Not guilty, but not so fast as the trial of an accused burglar in Saluda County was called into question because of what one person said to the judge.

The Congaree Riverkeeper effort is ready to take off, with a 12-member board in place, nonprofit status in the works and a fund-raising campaign on the horizon.

He was entombed with his collection of guns in the passenger seat and next to his wife .

A 1.9 million-pound power generator will travel through the state as part of a 30-day trek that began at a Jasper County port and will lead into North Carolina.

Imagine seeing a Boeing 747 taxiing down a Greenville street. That gives some idea of the scale of a "superload" that will be transported across South Carolina during the next 30 days.

Traffic is expected to be affected beginning Sept. 18 when two huge trucks will travel through South Carolina carrying a 'superload' weighing nearly 2 million pounds, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Hey, it was his last request: On Tuesday, the 90-year-old Saluda, S.C., man was buried in his favorite car - a classic green 1972 Pontiac Catalina.

A bus in Samoa that has been fitted with a door on the left side. Apparently, Samoa's switch from driving from the right side of the road to the left is not going as smoothly as first reported - but it has nothing to do with the drivers.

Even though he reached the end of the road, a local man decided to stay in his car.

PUBLIC FORUMS: 7-8:30 tonight at the Ballentine Community Center, 1009 Bickley Road and 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.