🌀#HurricaneHelene 🚦Traffic Alert: #ColumbiaPDSC officers are redirecting traffic due to severe flooding along Blossom St. near Huger Street. Westbound traffic on Blossom to City of Cayce is being routed to Gervais Street. Stay safe!

The Congaree at Columbia is now forecast to reach Major flood stage late tonight & crest at 31.0 feet early tomorrow afternoon. This crest is near the 2015 value of 31.8 feet. Interests near the river need to take necessary actions including along the Broad river. #Helene #scwx

Over 1,000 off-system crews supporting 2,500 SC Dominion employees. Current outages are at 141,000, including 11,357 in the City. 53 crews working here so expect good progress today. Shelters are open at Greenview Park & Jim Owens Airport, & local businesses are ready to assist

With the Congaree River forecast to reach Major Flood Stage, the Richland County EMD PIO worked with us along with state and local officials to create a press release regarding the situation. For more information, visit richlandcountysc.gov. #scwx

MAJOR DEVELOPMENT TODAY - We are still not out of the woods yet when it comes to the post-storm impacts of Helene! MAJOR crest of the Congaree River is expected late tonight and into Monday! 31 feet - VERY close to levels set during the flood of 2015. shorturl.at/WQaCn

Columbia Water Customers, please note that: 1️⃣ NO need to boil water 2️⃣ NO boil water advisories at this time 3️⃣ No water line breaks Although the Congaree River is expected to crest, we do not anticipate any issues with our water utilities. #southcarolina

We love you! You deserve all of your flowers.

Earlier today, Daniel J. Rickenmann, City Manager Teresa Wilson, Councilwoman Dr. Aditi Bussells, and Councilman Tyler D. Bailey attended an event hosted by USCM P3 Institute and the American Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure. #TogetherWeAreColumbia

Honoring our veterans today for their courage, sacrifice, and commitment. As a city, we are grateful to those who’ve served and to the families who support them. A special thank you to my favorite veteran, my husband Louis. #VeteransDay #ColumbiaSC

On January 2, 2025, at approximately 2:45 p.m., a SC State Transport Police officer initiated a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer on Interstate 85 in Greenville County, due to a missing license plate on the trailer. During the traffic stop near mile-marker 44, the driver, a man

BREAKING: U.S. regulators ban the dye called Red 3 from the food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. apnews.com/article/fda-re…

Spent 30 min trying to find folks in public health applauding FDA red 3 ban today. Didn’t find much. Disappointing. We should be asking why it took so long, and how FDA and others will ever gain back public trust to truly advance the health of our nation.

This is truly devastating. My heart aches for all of those passengers.

This morning, I officially filed for re-election as your Columbia City Councilwoman At-Large! We’ve made historic progress but our work isn’t done. I’m running to keep building a safer, stronger, more vibrant Columbia for all. Let’s keep moving forward—together. 💙 #ColumbiaSC

Urgent Carolina Alert: Active Shooter at Thomas Cooper Library on Columbia campus. Avoid the area. Evacuate/barricade/defend yourself. sc.edu/carolinaalert.

Urgent Carolina Alert: No evident of an Active Shooter at this time. Police are searching. Please continue to shelter in place until there is an all clear.

It's ghoulish to mock or justify the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Rising political violence is a horror of our time. Unchecked it will lead to catastrophes none of us want to imagine. Deeply hoping he pulls through. We are all people, whatever we believe. That has to come first.

I don’t know Charlie Kirk well. I’ve spoken once or twice on the same program as him and we’ve tangled on Twitter before bc we’ve had differing views. But different opinions, different views, different politics is not a death sentence in this country. Political violence has no

Okay new Finlay Park is insane. Very impressive.