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The South Carolina Department Of Health And Environmental Control has issued a Code Orange Ground Level Ozone Action Day for The Upstate, From 10 am To 8 pm EDT Wednesday. An Ozone Action Day means that atmospheric conditions will likely produce unhealthy concentrations of ground level ozone air pollution. A Code Orange forecast indicates that ground level ozone concentrations are […]
Read moreYesterday, according to Prisma Health officials, 924 people were tested during an 11 hour long COVID-19 community testing event, the second such event held at Blue Ridge Elementary in Seneca, but the first held for that length of time. Until Tuesday, community testing events lasted approximately four hours. Area residents waited for up to an hour to get the swab […]
Read moreWalhalla has a new tool to help keep down speeding violations on loan from the state in the form of a portable speed radar trailer. For now, it is positioned at the Blue Ridge Boulevard- Kenneth Street traffic lights, an area where there’s a sudden drop in the legal speed limit to 35 miles per hour. City officials said that […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke with members of the media following a meeting with the South Carolina Hospital Association regarding the needs of South Carolina hospitals in a Phase IV stimulus package that may come before Congress. Ø GRAHAM: “This is a war between South Carolina, the country, and the virus. Most people fighting the war are […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 2,205 new confirmed cases and two new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 23 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths. There are currently 1,550 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19, and 203 of those patients are currently on ventilators. This brings the total […]
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Update: 14 year old Ronnie William Anderson, who was the subject of a missing juvenile press release earlier today, has been located in Greenville County by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office safe and has been turned over to his family. Original Story: The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a juvenile who was reported missing […]
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Clemson has experienced a lot of growth and change, especially relating to high-density development and student housing. In response to concerns, the Clemson City Council established a moratorium-effectively a pause-on all new multifamily developments of 200 beds or more. ClemsonNEXT is the City of Clemson’s effort to address this growth and its impacts with a strategic plan for development. The […]
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Anderson County Council voted on July 7 in favor of the first reading to rezone 142 acres in the area of Highway 187 and Fants Grove Road, Burns Bridge Road and William Walker Road near Pendleton, and now a petition against the move is gaining ground among some local residents. Right now, developers could build no more than 240 homes […]
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According to an overnight announcement made on social media, South Carolina state parks are requiring visitors to wear face masks in their facilities effective immediately. The requirement is for all visitors over the age of two in buildings staffed by employees, or where the general public may congregate, according to the Facebook post. That includes park offices, visitor centers, stores, […]
Read moreClemson University has announced it is changing its reopening approach due the number of COVID-19 cases in the state. University officials said that they had hoped the state’s COVID-19 data would have allowed them to make a straightforward, go-or-no go decision to bring back employees in phases, but that hasn’t turned out to be the case, so, they said, they […]
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