AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Ridge Spring South Carolina. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/ridge-spring-sc 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/ridge-spring-sc https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:48:43 -0500 Come celebrate the harvest at Ridge Spring’s Annual Harvest Festival. Ridge Spring is a small town in the heart of what locals call "The Ridge" https://www.americantowns.com/news/ridge-spring-harvest-festival-2023-31614502-ridge-spring-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ridge-spring-harvest-festival-2023-31614502-ridge-spring-sc.html Arts and Entertainment Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Hounen Solar (Hounen), a global solar panel manufacturer, today announced plans to establish its first United States https://www.americantowns.com/news/hounen-solar-establishing-first-us-manufacturing-operations-in-orangeburg-county-31548979-columbia-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/hounen-solar-establishing-first-us-manufacturing-operations-in-orangeburg-county-31548979-columbia-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. — In response to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s recent pro-China comments, House Energy and Commerce https://www.americantowns.com/news/ec-republicans-condemn-granholm-for-proccp-comments-demand-she-testify-immediately-31549192-anderson-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ec-republicans-condemn-granholm-for-proccp-comments-demand-she-testify-immediately-31549192-anderson-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Mattress Warehouse, a leading mattress company, today announced plans to establish a new distribution center in Lexington https://www.americantowns.com/news/mattress-warehouse-establishing-new-distribution-center-in-lexington-county-31549566-beaufort-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/mattress-warehouse-establishing-new-distribution-center-in-lexington-county-31549566-beaufort-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tin Thanh Group Americas, a tire manufacturer, today announced plans to establish its first United States operations which will https://www.americantowns.com/news/tin-thanh-group-americas-establishing-first-us-operations-in-allendale-county-31549567-bluffton-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/tin-thanh-group-americas-establishing-first-us-operations-in-allendale-county-31549567-bluffton-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Patten Seed Company, one of the largest turfgrass producers in the Southeast, today announced plans to relocate its corporate https://www.americantowns.com/news/patten-seed-company-relocating-corporate-headquarters-to-charleston-county-31550391-florence-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/patten-seed-company-relocating-corporate-headquarters-to-charleston-county-31550391-florence-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of South Carolina  (Southern Glazer’s), a leading wine and spirits https://www.americantowns.com/news/southern-glazers-wine-and-spirits-of-south-carolina-relocating-operations-with-new-distribution-facility-in-lexington-county-31550392-spartanburg-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/southern-glazers-wine-and-spirits-of-south-carolina-relocating-operations-with-new-distribution-facility-in-lexington-county-31550392-spartanburg-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today nominated Seema Shrivastava-Patel to be the next chair of the South Carolina Board of Health and https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-henry-mcmaster-names-shrivastavapatel-as-chair-of-dhec-board-31550393-sumter-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-henry-mcmaster-names-shrivastavapatel-as-chair-of-dhec-board-31550393-sumter-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today released the following statement on the confirmation of Major General (Retired) Todd B. McCaffrey https://www.americantowns.com/news/statement-from-gov-henry-mcmaster-on-sc-department-of-veterans-affairs-secretary-confirmation-31550394-aiken-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/statement-from-gov-henry-mcmaster-on-sc-department-of-veterans-affairs-secretary-confirmation-31550394-aiken-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Ahead of Nikki Haley’s campaign stop in Myrtle Beach today, South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Trav Robertson, Jr.  released the https://www.americantowns.com/news/haley-brings-her-maga-agenda-to-myrtle-beach-31550448-greer-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/haley-brings-her-maga-agenda-to-myrtle-beach-31550448-greer-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Just one week before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, Tim Scott wrote a letter asking for rules and regulations on similar banks to be loosened – https://www.americantowns.com/news/cymi-tim-scott-doubles-down-after-pushing-to-loosen-rules-before-silicon-valley-bank-collapse-31550451-orangeburg-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cymi-tim-scott-doubles-down-after-pushing-to-loosen-rules-before-silicon-valley-bank-collapse-31550451-orangeburg-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster will be joined by Scout Motors, and members of the General Assembly for a bill signing https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-henry-mcmaster-scout-motors-to-host-bill-and-project-agreement-signings-31551532-columbia-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/governor-henry-mcmaster-scout-motors-to-host-bill-and-project-agreement-signings-31551532-columbia-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – On Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 10:10 am, Greenlink’s Director of Public Transportation James Keel will testify before https://www.americantowns.com/news/public-transportation-director-of-greenvilles-greenlink-to-testify-before-senate-banking-committee-ranking-member-tim-scott-31552154-columbia-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/public-transportation-director-of-greenvilles-greenlink-to-testify-before-senate-banking-committee-ranking-member-tim-scott-31552154-columbia-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – In his opening statement at today’s U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on public https://www.americantowns.com/news/ranking-member-scott-calls-for-local-solutions-to-local-transportation-challenges-hears-from-public-transportation-director-of-greenvilles-greenlink-at-banking-hearing-31552155-columbia-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/ranking-member-scott-calls-for-local-solutions-to-local-transportation-challenges-hears-from-public-transportation-director-of-greenvilles-greenlink-at-banking-hearing-31552155-columbia-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Today, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the White https://www.americantowns.com/news/scott-demands-answers-from-secretary-yellen-on-unsound-fiscal-policies-silicon-valley-bank-failure-31552156-columbia-sc.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/scott-demands-answers-from-secretary-yellen-on-unsound-fiscal-policies-silicon-valley-bank-failure-31552156-columbia-sc.html Government and Politics Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500