Jeff Ruble News Today

Volkswagen has made a $2 billion bet that rural Americans will fall in love with electric drive. Its formula: Resurrect a rugged, iconic U.S. brand, Scout, and court Republican state leaders, who provided a generous incentives package.

PARKERSBURG — Benefit dinners will be held in October for the Rob and Pam Lucas family and their daughters Kristi and Kassie who were in an accident last week

North America’s largest independent producer of specialty plastic films used in flexible packaging is expanding its footprint in northeast Richland County. Charter Next Generation is leasing a 210,600-square-foot speculative building

Richland County economic development director wins Developer of the Year award

By now, most everybody has heard about the Scout Motors plant coming to Blythewood, SC, bringing a multi-billion-dollar investment by both the company and the state, and a goal of 4,000 jobs. We’ve learned that this deal was one of the fastest tracked in our state’s history with necessary legislation moving through the statehouse in only 10 days. And there’s a backstory we found pretty interesting, too. Mike Switzer interviews Jeff Ruble, director of the Richland County Economic Developmen...

Most South Carolinians are no strangers to change and growth in their areas, a natural process for most any place with plans to expand. But, in recent years, a developing trend permeating the Midlands has been giving its longtime residents a particularly harsh headache. It’s undergoing growth at a far faster rate than it’s used to.

Blythewood area residents should see construction on the long-anticipated widening project on Blythewood Road after the first of the year, according to Michael Niermeier, Richland County’s director of transportation. Niermeier told attendees at Tuesday’s Blythewood Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting the project has been in a holding pattern while the county negotiates right-of-way settlements with owners of five parcels of land on the route. Blythewood Road will be widened to five la...