Coronavirus vaccine

Hundreds of frontline hospitality workers vaccinated at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

COLUMBIA (WOLO): Hundreds of frontline hospitality workers received their first COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. “I’ve never been so glad to be as old as I am,” laughs Columbia resident, Jackie Ellen, after receiving her Pfizer vaccine at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.  For Ellen, the opening of phase 1-B meant she could finally get her vaccination. For others like Ashley Anderson…

One SC Fund receives $1.5 million gift for COVID-19 response effort

The organization tasked with helping South Carolina’s communities in need protect themselves during the pandemic received a big financial boost. Tuesday morning, officials announced the Duke Endowment’s gift of $1.5 million to the One SC Fund’s COVID-19 response effort. It is the largest single gift the group has ever seen.