COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A swim advisory remains in effect for a section of the Saluda River, according to DHEC. Temporary advisory signs are up in the area with the bacteria. DHEC says the advisory is for the section of the Saluda river, the length of Saluda Shoals park. DHEC says water quality sampling in the Lower Saluda River, in the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s public health director is stepping down. Director Catherine Heigel announced her resignation Thursday from the Department of Health and Environmental Control. The department says Heigel is returning to Greenville, where she will serve as chief operating officer for accounting and business firm Elliott Davis. Heigel took over one of the state’s largest agencies in…
COLUMBIA , SC ( WOLO)– The Department of health is offering free Radon kits this month. According to officials from DHEC, January is National Radon Action Month, and they encourage all South Carolinians to test their homes for radon so they may find it, fix it, and potentially save a life. Here’s the information from DHEC : A free radon…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– According to DHEC, every year South Carolinians throw away more than 600 thousand tons of food. Now Governor Nikki Haley is launching Don’t Waste Food SC Day. The goal is to reduce food waster by 50 percent by 2030 either by donating excess food or composting it. Officials say if everyone does their part we will all…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Health Officials in South Carolina are launching a new web application which provides restaurant food ratings and scores from The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. The S.C. Food Grades program allows you to find restaurants on the map and then click to view the two most recent inspection scores. say officials. You can also view…
Marie Duddy/WCIV JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — A state agency is investigating a James Island assisted living center after an 80-year-old woman was found dead a day after she walked away. Marie Duddy’s body was found in a marsh about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, about 28 hours after officials at Savannah Place reported her missing, officials said. DHEC says this is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Eight schools won grants to support innovative efforts to educate the next generation of environmental stewards, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Monday. This year’s Champions of the Environment grant winners are: The Palmetto School, York County -Two rain gardens will be installed on campus to capture stormwater runoff from paved and hard…
