USC considers update to campus master plan

Carolina Coliseum would be converted to 500,000 square feet of academic space, the engineering laboratory building would be razed to allow Rocky Branch creek to once again run free and prevent flooding, and major new student housing would be built.

Columbia facility starts nuclear fuel production for China

Westinghouse Electric Co.’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility has manufactured the first four fuel assemblies for use in the AP1000 nuclear power plants at Sanmen Unit 1, located in the Zhejiang Province of China.

Pure Power Technologies to expand Richland plant

The expansion will support increased operations at the current Pure Power Technologies production facility in Blythewood and an expansion of the company’s research and development facility in the Columbia Technical Center.

S.C. to pick up seat in U.S. House, Census Bureau says

South Carolina gained about 612,000 people in the past decade, bringing the population to 4,625,364 counted in the 2010 census, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

IT company to locate data center downtown

Business Vitals, a national provider of managed information technology security and professional services, announced that it will establish a high-tech, high-security information technology data center in downtown Columbia.

SPA looks to roll out truck replacement program

Port officials now turn their attention to a roll-out of a program that could include features such as a "scrapping incentive” for truck owners to replace environmentally unsound pre-1994 trucks; low-interest loans and leases on new trucks; and emissions-reducing retrofits.

Withholding, sales taxes to be filed electronically in 2011

The S.C. Department of Revenue will not be mailing withholding or sales tax return booklets in 2011. Instead of filing by paper, taxpayers will be able to file withholding and sales tax returns electronically.

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