Author: ABC Columbia Staff

SC officials worry unemployed aren’t doing enough to find jobs

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s unemployment rate continued to drop in January, but the agency is worried people receiving jobless benefits aren’t doing enough to look for work. The state Department of Employment and Workforce says the jobless rate dropped to 5.3% in January, down from 5.6% in December, but well above the 2.6% rate in January 2020, before…

Change your smoke detectors as you spring forward this weekend

Area Fire Department say Daylight Saving time is also a time to remember more than those clocks

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —  Daylight Saving is this weekend and while many people are focus on changing their clocks as we all get ready to adjust to one less hour and more daylight. Fire officials however say that’s not all we need to keep in mind. This also the time of the year they ask people to also change the…

Processing of latest stimulus payments have already begun

WASHINGTON (AP) – Along with daylight saving time, this weekend could bring Americans fatter bank balances. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service say processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun. The aim is to have the first payments start showing up by direct deposit in bank accounts this weekend. President Joe Biden signed the…