RIO — Rio Community Library has survived the COVID-19 pandemic and Columbia County’s library board president hopes the general public understands a big reason why. “It’s the Friends,” Nancy Long said.

The annual Santa visit and bake sale will be held at the Rio Community Library, 324 W. Lyons St. in Rio on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. – noon. Santa will arrive by fire truck at 10 a.m. Kids can ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - From the outside, it looks like another historic edifice in Rio's rundown city center. Inside, however, is a multi-tiered library so spectacular, so ornate, that stunned visitors feel ...