COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia non-profit Sustainable Midlands is expanding its reach on our urban watersheds. The group recently added the Rocky Branch Watershed to its Adopt-A-Stream testing site. The Smith Branch Watershed oversight started last summer. Volunteers are needed to take water samples. Executive Director Autumn Perkins said the group will be on-site at least once a month. For more…
Several thousand people are expected to rally in Columbia as part of National School Choice Week.
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CNN– In this health minute, a new study examines the link between obesity and cancer. Kim Hutcherson has the latest on the study and the factors, experts say, can contribute to an increased cancer risk. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Health
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Lawmakers in the State House are preparing for a transition of power. Longtime senator Nikki Setzler says the Senate has a plan in place to fill the voids left behind after Governor McMaster left the lieutenant governor position and Senate President Pro Tempore Hugh Leatherman resigned Tuesday evening. “Full senate will elect a new president pro tempore…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) (AP)– Henry McMaster was officially sworn in Tuesday night as the 117th governor of South Carolina, after Nikki Haley resigned to become Ambassador to the U.N. Haley turned in her resignation letter minutes after the U.S. Senate confirmed her as President Donald Trump’s Cabinet pick. The U.S. Senate confirmed her Tuesday afternoon. McMcaster was sworn in shortly…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) (AP)– Nikki Haley has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Ambassador to the UN The vote came down Tuesday afternoon after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee overwhelmingly advanced her nomination. South Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Hugh Leatherman resigned his leadership post to avoid becoming lieutenant governor. Leatherman resigned Tuesday minutes before U.S. senators began…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes overwhelmingly to approve Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the United Nations. The vote advances to the full Senate. Haley appeared before the committee last Wednesday for nearly three-and-a-half hours. If confirmed, Haley will resign as South Carolina’s governor with two years remaining in her term. Under the state constitution, her resignation…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A South Carolina state lawmaker accused of beating his wife bloody has resigned rather than face expulsion from the statehouse after a grand jury indicted him on a felony aggravated domestic violence charge that could put him in prison for up to 20 years. House Speaker Jay Lucas read Rep. Chris Corley’s short resignation letter to…
A mysterious illness that spread on a Canada College campus sickened at least 2 hundred students and sent more than 30 to the hospital.
