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Beyond the coffee: How do these shops differentiat...

By Morgan Dunn | Feb 12, 2025

Purr Joy! Cat Daddy Cat Cafe brings new excitement

By Lily Higgins | Feb 7, 2025

New coffee shop creates employment opportunities f...

By Mollie Naugle | Sep 9, 2024

Locally owned businesses use social media to grow ...

By Ariel Meriwether | Oct 5, 2023

New coffee shop opens in downtown Columbia

By P.J. Williams | Apr 21, 2023

Azalea Coffee Bar – a coffee shop supported ...

By Hanna Schatteman | Apr 21, 2023

A taste of Thailand: Columbia home of Bangkok Café

by Tyuanna Williams | Apr 21, 2025

There are only two places you can experience Café de Thyme: Columbia, S.C., and Bangkok, Thailand.

Winter weather drives surge in those seeking shelter. Oliver Gospel Mission provides support

by Megan Maholic and Jordan Agliano | Feb 6, 2025

But what happens when the shelter reaches capacity?

Feminist space in Columbia allows women to build each other up

by Macaila Bogle | Nov 1, 2024

Coffee with Liberal Women provides space for women to network and connect.

A Lexington Starbucks closes amid nationwide strike timed to popular promotion

by Sydney Dunlap | Nov 17, 2023

Employees walked out of the Saluda Pointe Starbucks as part of a nationwide strike for better working conditions.

Fall guide to Columbia

by Caroline Evans | Sep 21, 2023

Just because summer is coming to an end doesn’t mean the fun has to. Here’s a list of things to keep you busy from now until the start of the Christmas season.

New family-run food market in Vista creates cozy atmosphere

by Grayson McClendon and Madelyn Weston | Sep 8, 2023

Farmers Market Xchange opened its doors Sept. 1 and is gaining traffic from locals for its selection of fresh produce, baked goods and coffee.

Starbucks on Millwood is hit by the Red Cup Rebellion

by Addison Hinkle | Nov 17, 2022

The workers joined others nationwide by going on strike to protest working conditions.

A light through the slums: Locals work to lift those in poorest parts of the world

by Danielle Wallace | Oct 21, 2022

From Columbia, South Carolina, to Colombia, South America — and Kenya, Africa — local Midlands businesses and organizations are helping to improve people’s lives.