The following are highlights from Richland County Government in October.

Students and teachers at several local schools will receive support for conservation education initiatives through the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District’s Conservation Education Mini-Grants and the City of Columbia’s Clean Stream Columbia Awards.

Access to clean water is never more important than during emergency situations.

As a second-year law student at the University of South Carolina, little did Bradley Farrar know how his life would change after noticing a recruitment sign to join the military. 

Following a nearly yearlong review by the Richland County Administrator’s Office, the salaries of some Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center employees will increase by 5 percent effective Dec. 1 – an outcome of last year’s County Council Priority Setting Session.