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United Way Talks How to Give Back this Year

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – As you make your New Year’s Resolutions for 2017, consider adding volunteering to the list. United Way of the Midlands has created an online portal to help you get started. Our Grace Joyal talked to representatives from the organization about how to take the first step, and some upcoming opportunities. Categories: Local News, News, State

The Chamber’s plan for employment

The SC Chamber has a specific agenda for increasing workforce pool

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–High unemployment is a recurring theme and thermometer for the overall health of the economy.  With the rate of job seeks declining over the past few years as we come out of the downturn, there is another employment concern on the minds of South Carolina businesses. According to Ted Pitts, President of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce,…

Good Behavior: That awkward moment when you send back soup

Etiquette expert Pamela Eyring explains how to avoid the spitter

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) –It has happened to all of us.  We sit down at a restaurant, place an order, and when it arrives, it is not exactly as we pictured it.  It’s cold or it’s wrong, or there’s a hair in it.  The situation can certainly be awkward.  Do you want to be “that guy” who complains about the food…

Nikki Haley: We Can’t Trust the Russians

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, outlined a forceful policy for countering Russian aggression, becoming the latest Trump Cabinet pick to take a more confrontational approach to Russia than he has personally recommended.

Gov. Haley Confirmation Hearings Set for Wednesday

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Governor Nikki Haley could be in the hot seat Wednesday. Haley is set for her U.N Confirmation hearing Wednesday, she will go before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. ABC Columbia News spoke to several SC Lawmakers about Haley’s confirmation hearing, some telling us they agree that Haley’s experience of tackling tough issues in the state have prepared…