Saturday, November 16, 2024

Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Anxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Six months after Congress approved spending tens of billions of dollars to bail out renters facing eviction, South Carolina was just reaching its first tenants. All nine of them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Fauci: Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade more of his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Fauci: Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade more of his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Fauci: Trump should urge his followers to get vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday he wishes former President Donald Trump would use his popularity among Republicans to persuade more of his followers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public health workers have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since lawmakers created a health board in 1878 after a yellow fever outbreak killed 20,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public health workers have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since lawmakers created a health board in 1878 after a yellow fever outbreak killed 20,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina considers breaking up public health agency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public health workers have been tasked with keeping the state safe for 143 years, ever since lawmakers created a health board in 1878 after a yellow fever outbreak killed 20,000 Americans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

SC lets medical students, retired nurses give COVID-19 shots

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will now allow medical students, retired nurses and other qualified professionals to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

SC hospitals slammed with calls as vaccine access expands

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hours after South Carolina opened up access to the coronavirus vaccine for seniors Wednesday morning, people trying to schedule their shots inundated hospitals and the health department with thousands of phone calls.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina to start vaccinating elderly this week

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will let people ages 70 and older schedule appointments for the coronavirus vaccine starting Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

McMaster proposes $500M for rainy day fund in new budget

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As other states trim expenses and borrow money amid the economic fallout prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is already looking to shore up the state's rainy day fund with $500 million for a future crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pace of vaccine rollout dismays South Carolina lawmakers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are questioning the pace of the state's coronavirus vaccine rollout, even as health officials say they're vaccinating people faster than the rest of the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Pace of vaccine rollout dismays South Carolina lawmakers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are questioning the pace of the state's coronavirus vaccine rollout, even as health officials say they're vaccinating people faster than the rest of the country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mayor: New Year's Eve parties "horribly unfair" in pandemic

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Beleaguered city and hospital leaders in the region of South Carolina hardest hit by the coronavirus rebuked residents who plan to party in large crowds for New Year's Eve as completely full hospitals have already reached a breaking point Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mayor: New Year's Eve parties "horribly unfair" in pandemic

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Beleaguered city and hospital leaders in the region of South Carolina hardest hit by the coronavirus rebuked residents who plan to party in large crowds for New Year's Eve as completely full hospitals have already reached a breaking point Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina health board picks new agency leader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After months without a permanent director at the helm of the agency overseeing South Carolina's coronavirus response, the state's health board selected a military doctor to head the state's health and environmental department Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Jury: Black bikers' race was a factor, but city won't pay

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was motivated by race when it created a traffic plan designed to “suck the fun” out of Black Bike Week, a federal jury has found. But the same jury sided against the bikers, saying the city probably would have …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

SC to prioritize elderly, food workers for COVID-19 vaccine

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prisoners and poultry plant workers will follow soon after frontline healthcare employees in South Carolina's COVID-19 vaccine plan, Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Black bikers see racism in Myrtle Beach, SC, traffic plan

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Motorcycle clubs roar into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, each May for separate week-long rallies, one mostly white, the other mostly Black. Each brings millions of dollars, spent by hundreds of thousands of bikers, and some inevitably let loose, with binge drinking, public nudity and noise competitions …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Officials: South Carolina ready for vaccine roll-out

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials say they anticipate receiving the state’s first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine by mid-December but won’t disclose how many doses they will get until the vaccine is in hand.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

SC officials say they can't obtain drugs by Friday execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials say they have to delay an execution scheduled for Friday because they won't be able to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

McMaster wants utility to stop vying for rate hike on bills

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is calling on Dominion Energy to abandon a request to raise customers' power bills for an additional $178 million annual profit amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina officials eye single drug for execution plan

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state of South Carolina says an inmate scheduled to be executed next week could be put to death with a lethal dose of just one drug if officials cannot get hold of all three drugs the procedure calls for.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Charleston weighs wall as seas rise and storms strengthen

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Vickie Hicks, who weaves intricate sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, South Carolina's historic city market, remembers climbing onto the table at her grandmother’s booth downtown when the floodwaters rushed by.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

South Carolina schedules execution but doesn't have drugs

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state of South Carolina has scheduled what could be its first execution in nearly a decade, but corrections officials say they don't have any lethal injection drugs to carry it out.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Unemployment taxes won't rise as SC pays out millions weekly

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Although the recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has strained South Carolina's unemployment trust fund, the state won't raise unemployment taxes on most businesses next year, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

SC's 1st elected female sheriff vows to reshape agency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's first elected female sheriff, Kristin Graziano, is used to being the only woman in the room, at the table and in the police car.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

SC heads into Election Day with record absentee numbers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lines could be shorter than usual at polling places across South Carolina on Tuesday after record numbers of voters cast ballots in advance of Election Day.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Judge: SC cannot reject ballots due to mismatched signatures

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina ruled Tuesday that local election boards cannot reject voters’ absentee ballots on the basis of mismatched signatures and must review and reprocess previously rejected ballots for the upcoming general election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Judge: SC cannot reject ballots due to mismatched signatures

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina ruled Tuesday that local election boards cannot reject voters’ absentee ballots on the basis of mismatched signatures and must review and reprocess previously rejected ballots for the upcoming general election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New S.C. law creates resilience office to address flooding

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After five years filled with unprecedented flooding, South Carolina has now established an office to marshal the state's efforts in stemming floodwaters and coordinating recovery and relief efforts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

New S.C. law creates resilience office to address flooding

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After five years filled with unprecedented flooding, South Carolina has now established an office to marshal the state's efforts in stemming floodwaters and coordinating recovery and relief efforts.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO