Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce is now offering an online tool to job seekers.  The website, www.jobs.scworks.org, is South Carolina’s most comprehensive job-search tool, fueled by the state’s largest workforce development database. It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no cost to both jobseekers and employers. Jobseekers will find a wealth of […]

South Carolina experienced its lowest unemployment rate since 2008 last month.   “South Carolina has seen 10 consecutive months of a declining unemployment rate. The state’s economy is on the right track,” said Cheryl Stanton, executive director of the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce. “More South Carolinians are working now than ever before. Businesses and workforce partners continue to work […]

South Carolina may spend $27 million next fiscal year on continued efforts to secure taxpayers’ personal data and provide another year of credit protection following the 2012 hacking at the state’s tax collection agency. The state budget may also require all state agencies to adopt and implement cyber-security standards.  A clause in the House’s budget plan for 2014-15 provides authority […]

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports that one of its deputies was involved in a wreck that killed a person in another vehicle.  A deputy was driving a patrol car when the wreck occurred late Friday. Officials say the patrol car collided with a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore says one of the […]

Businesses are feeling optimistic about the economy going forward, according to a new survey. Jack Kleinhenz, with the National Association for Business Economics, says its members are sending positive signals. “Firms are suggesting that they will see improvement in sales and consequently hiring and spending.” Kleinhenz says their outlook has improved since the start of the year.  “I think it […]

Unemployment in South Carolina is at its lowest in six years. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reports the March unemployment rate in South Carolina was 5.5%, down from February’s rate of 5.7%. This is the lowest since March 2008. According to the department, the estimated number of employed persons in March was 2,046,002, up 6,560 since February. […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged a Seneca woman with four counts of food stamp fraud, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “44-year-old Carol Rogers of 110-A Pressley Place in Seneca was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center and her total personal recognizance bond amount is $10,000.  The Sheriff’s Office received a […]

Fire broke out during the rain Saturday evening in a new beauty salon on Seneca’s Frontage Road near Miracle Circle. Seneca Fire Department spokesman Chris Cartee said the fire was confined to two rooms in the Beautiful You Hair Care building and its cause was being investigated on Saturday. No one was injured. At the time of the fire, the […]

Connect South Carolina recently released new data showing that broadband adoption in South Carolina surpasses the national average, with 76% of households subscribing to broadband service in 2013, up from 62% in 2010; a 14 percentage point increase. According to the Pew Research Center, the national broadband adoption rate in 2013 was 70%, which marks a 4-percentage point increase since […]

The Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is accepting applications for GoSciTech, GSSM’s weeklong, residential summer camp for rising 8th, 9th and 10th graders. The online application is available at www.scgssm.org/goscitech.  GoSciTech, held on GSSM’s Hartsville campus, will be offered for four separate weeks this summer: June 15-21, June 22-28, July 6-12 and July 13-19. With a wide variety of courses to choose from, […]