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Columbia Housing helps residents with COVID-19 related income loss

residents with a loss of COVID-19 related income loss can now get assistance faster

Columbia, SC (WOLO) –Columbia Housing is taking steps to help its residents who have lost jobs or income due to the spread of COVID-19. According to a spokesperson for the agency, if a resident has had a loss of income, if they apply for a rent reduction it would go into effect on April 1, 2020. Previously a loss in…

Prisma Health suspends COVID-19 related patient payments

patients getting COVID-19 related services through Prisma will no longer require payments

Prisma Health-image courtesy Prisma Health news release Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Prisma Health announces changes to statements and billing during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Prisma Health officials have suspended all COVID-19 related patient payments. A spokesperson for the facility says they made the change to make sure anyone in need of health care will be able to have access so…

The US now has more cases of coronavirus than any country in the world

(CNN) – The United States now has the most coronavirus cases of any country in the world with more than 82,000 cases. Still the Trump administration says social-distancing guidelines could potentially relax, as the President works to reopen the country by Easter. Watch the video above for the full report. Categories: Local News, National News, News, Politics

Columbia Housing set to temporarily close at end of month

Columbia housing agency that manages 1600 properties will temporarily close due to 'Stay at Home' order

(Courtesy: Columbia Housing) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Columbia Housing tells ABC Columbia News they will temporarily close their doors to act in with the City of Columbia’s ‘Stay at Home’ order put in place Thursday March 26th, 2020. Columbia Housing says they will shut their doors Monday, March 30th and they will remain close through Friday April 17th,2020 during which…

2 arrested in deadly shooting after “ambush robbery” in Orangeburg County

HOLLY HILL, SC (WOLO) – Two men have been arrested for a deadly shooting that happened just outside of Holly Hill Monday morning. Raynard Gardner, Jr., 21, and Daniel Bell, 24, both of Holly Hill, face a murder charge in connection the deadly shooting. Orangeburg County Sheriff’s deputies found an unresponsive male inside a vehicle parked in the roadway near…

City of Columbia passes ‘Stay Home, Stay Safe Ordinance’

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Starting Sunday Columbia residents are being asked to ‘stay home and stay safe’. Thursday the Columbia City Council passed the stay home, stay safe ordinance. According to the measure, effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2020 people are asked to stay in their homes and not travel through or congregate in the streets, sidewalks, waterways and public spaces…

Joann Fabrics working to combat mask shortage with ‘mask kits’

Joann Fabrics nationwide are helping to fight the mask shortage for health care workers with a take-home mask kit.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Joann Fabrics nationwide are helping to fight the mask shortage for health care workers with a take-home mask kit. “Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” said Prisma Health worker Paula Taylor, who went to pick up a mask kit herself. On Monday, Joann Fabrics entered the fight to combat the current mask…

DHEC announces two more deaths related to COVID-19, 32 additional cases

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced two additional deaths related to coronavirus. DHEC say this brings the state’s total number of deaths to nine. DHEC State Epidemiologist, Dr. Linda Bell, addressed the cases in Governor Henry McMaster’s Thursday briefing. According to health officials, one patient was an elderly person from Kershaw…