Author: ABC Columbia Staff
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Fort Jackson Soldiers, Trainees get ready to head home for the holidays

Groups allowed to go home will have to undergo a two week controlled monitoring period
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Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Thousands of trainees and soldiers will head home for the holidays, if their destination has been approved. Fort Jackson will let people leave starting Thursday December 17th and returning when training resumes Wednesday January 19th 2021 after a 2 week controlled monitoring period. Fort Jackson officials say Transportation Planners and Travel Officers have worked for months…

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SCEMD says no earthquakes reported despite rumors

Friday night SCEMD receives numerous calls about a possible earthquakes in the area
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Image: SCEMD Logo Columbia, SC (WOLO) — If you have been hearing rumblings about possible earthquakes taking place in the Columbia area, you can rest easy. The South Carolina Department of Emergency Management (SCEMD) says they have looked into the inquiries. As of 9 p.m. Friday night, officials say they were provided information by U.S.G.S. showing a map clear of…

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Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship program application process open

If you, know a high school senior that would be interested in applying you have until Feburary 18, 2021, 4 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Amazon now has open applications for it’s Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship Program. Amazon will reward 100 high school seniors from under-served communities with $40,0000 scholarships to study computer science, plus a guaranteed paid internship offer at any of their Amazon branches. Amazon Future Engineer is one of the only computer science programs to offer both a scholarship…
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Claims for unemployment benefits jump in South Carolina

DEW says the amount of claims increased by more than 2-thousand from previous week
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Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits increased in South Carolina this week. According to the Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW),  the number of claims increased by more than two thousand from the previous week. First time claims are also at the highest since September. According to the department the state has paid out $121,052…

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SC supreme court rejects Governor’s ‘Federal Cares Act’ spending plan, again

Governor McMaster says he is 'disappointed' with the unanimous decision
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Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The South Carolina Supreme Court once again rejected Governor McMaster’s plan to spend $32 million in federal coronavirus relief on tuition grants for private schools. The justices ruled unanimously that his decision to use Federal Cares Act money that way in South Carolina is unconstitutional. During a press conference Wednesday the Governor expressed disappointment in the…

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