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Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $51.1 million in Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) Grants to 38 communities across 26 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
Fiber-optic internet provider, Ripple Fiber, has now gone live in Lexington County. Over 8,500 residences across the county, including those in the Kenwood and Royal Creek neighborhood, currently have access to the new technology.
The American Leadership Academy wrapped up its first year as a public charter school in Lexington. One of its teachers, Mary Elizabeth Farmer, was named the 2024-25 Nathan Yon Institute Teacher of the Year at last month’s Charter Institute at Erskine’s awards banquet.
Lexington County Animal Services has a few programs in place to encourage adoption and limit euthanization.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is looking for public input on the future of transportation in South Carolina through a multimodal transportation survey. Momentum 2050 is the statewide plan for the future of South Carolina’s transportation network.
Disabled veterans can now obtain a South Carolina Property Tax exemption on real estate from the year in which they became disabled. The
