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Prisma to move COVID 19 testing to one location

(Courtesy: Prisma Health) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Prisma says it will no longer move its testing sites around. Officials say their research found that people were more likely to get tested based on their own health rather than where the testing site was located. Beginning this Saturday Prisma will host a testing site at the Department of Consumer Affairs building on…

Pawleys Island PD asks visitors to avoid island after hurricane

Courtesy: Pawleys Island Police Dept. Pawleys Island, S.C. (WOLO)– Tuesday morning police on Pawleys Island asked people to avoid the island if at all possible. Police say the storm blew a fair amount of debris onto area roads and certain areas were not accessible. Pawleys Island PD tweeted, “We have a fare amount of debris on the roadway. We are…

Santee Cooper Utility will freeze rates for most customers over next four years

The rate freeze will remain in effect until December 2024

Image: Santee Cooper (Associated Press) — Santee Cooper Utility will freeze rates for all residential, commercial, and lighting customers starting this month through December of 2024. The freeze is part of a settlement agreement with customers in a class- action lawsuit over costs associated with the failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Expansion Project. The utility says it will manage any increased…

Thousands of laptops missing from SC school district

CHARLESTON, SC (AP) – Nearly 4,000 student laptops are missing in one South Carolina school district and officials say they will soon have to turn the matter over to police. Greenville County’s public school district has been trying to recover the Chromebooks, valued at almost $1.2 million, since June. Greenville County Schools spokesman Tim Waller told The Post and Courier…

Restrengthened Hurricane Isaias nears SC coast

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (AP) – Coastal shops and restaurants have closed early and both residents and tourists have abandoned the beaches as a newly restrengthened Hurricane Isaias speeds toward the Carolinas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center expected the storm to hit land later Monday night. Isaias was upgraded again to a hurricane Monday evening with maximum sustained winds of…