Free Times is a weekly newspaper serving Columbia, SC, and the surrounding areas of Richland and Lexington counties. Our readership is unusually broad, with a strong representation among everyone from college-age readers to young professionals, adults and retirees. Through our print edition, website, specialty publications and social media sites, Free Times offers the best local information on dining, entertainment, lifestyle and the arts, as well as award-winning coverage of news and politics. Our tone is smart, insightful and slightly irreverent.