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Pet Adoption: Columbia Animal Services hosting Summer special

Columbia Animal Services is hosting 'the dog and cat' days of summer with $10 pet adoptions
Crysty Vaughan,

City of Columbia Animal Services COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you are looking to adopt a furry friend this Summer, you can check out a special offered by City animal services. Columbia Animal Services is hosting ‘the dog and cat’ days of summer with $10 pet adoptions. The special runs from July 19 to July 30. If you are interested in…

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss stress Fractures
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For the Health of It: Understanding eye therapy

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss options for eye therapy
Tyler Ryan,

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) – Vision is a very important sense, which we all can agree. Our memory, balance system, coordination, and life experiences are based on eyesight. Eye muscles, however, according to Hima Dalal,  can become weak and cause issues with your ability to see. Examples of which include Bell’s palsy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, ptosis, and aging. Your optic nerve…

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DHEC says worst of wildfire smoke to linger into Friday

Agency officials say the West coast wildfires should clear before weekend
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: ABC Columbia News (Tower Cam) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The smoke filled air that we’ve been telling you could be headed this way from the wildfires that continue to burn through more than a million acres from areas of central and western Canada, and the West coast are now here. According to the Department of Health and Environmental Control…

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DHEC accepting grant applications for vaccination awareness efforts

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– DHEC is accepting grant applications from organizations wanting to coordinate grassroots COVID-19 vaccination awareness efforts. The agency says it will distribute a total of $5 million in grants from money it received from the US Department of Health and Human Services. DHEC is looking for groups and individuals seeking to distribute vaccination information materials, host informational seminars,…
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City of Columbia to host Job Fair

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO)– The City of Columbia is hosting a job fair. It will take place at the Drew Wellness Center on July 22 from 10am to 2pm.  Organizers say a Career Coach will be on-site, and multiple workshops will be available to participants. When: Thursday July 22, 10 am to 2 pm Where: Drew Wellness Center, 2101 Solomon Way,…

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Prisma Health to host vaccine clinic for students, parents in Richland District Two

Prisma Health is offering a COVID-19 vaccine clinic to all Richland Two students and their parents Saturday, July 24
ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health is offering a COVID-19 vaccine clinic to all Richland Two students and their parents Saturday, July 24. The first dose will be given July 24 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The second dose will be given at the same location and the same time, on August 14. Prisma nurses will administer the Pfizer vaccine in a…