Last week was the 4th week of the 2022 legislative session. There are 14 legislative weeks remaining before the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn on May 12, 2022. Here are the highlights from last week’s action in the Senate:Medical Marijuana – The Senate’s floor debate this week was dominated by continued discussion on S.150, a bill […]
Officials with the South Carolina State Museum and the City of Charleston are working collaboratively on an extended loan agreement of the John C. Calhoun Monument statue to the State Museum. Attorneys are currently working to finalize a memorandum of understanding regarding the loan, which would be subject to approval by the SC State Museum Commission […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a skunk found near Barr Woods Road and Highway 378 in Saluda, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. No people are known to have been exposed at this time. One dog was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South […]
WE’RE IN IT TO WIN IT, SALUDA COUNTY South Carolina Department of Education Hosts Vaccination Event on February 5, 2022 WHAT: According to SCDHEC’s Statewide Immunization Online Network (SIMON), 56% of eligible Saluda County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, in comparison to 76% nationally. In an effort to support local school districts, […]
The S.C. Drought Response Committee met Tuesday, Feb. 1, via conference call to update the drought status of all counties in South Carolina and voted to declare the entire state drought free.Due to average to above-average rainfall totals during December and January, the Committee removed the incipient drought status of 34 counties. The Committee issued […]
Last week was the 3rd week of the 2022 legislative session. There are 15 legislative weeks remaining before the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn on May 12, 2022. Here are the highlights from last week’s action in the Senate: Certificate of Need – The Senate passed S.290, a bill that would repeal the Certificate of Need […]
This is the second year that COVID has made it impossible to hold the Annual Camellia Tea which brings many visitors into downtown Edgefield and celebrates the camellia blossom. It is traditionally held at the Magnolia Dale House Museum near the Valentine date. The Camellia blooms are abounding, the cold having scarred some with edges of brown, […]
A balloon release was held at Douglas Elementary in Trenton, S.C., to honor the memory of A’lana Keels, a first grader who tragically lost her life due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident last week. The event was held Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at 8:45 a.m. Each first-grade student released a balloon in A’lana’smemory. The event was attended […]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter held their monthly College Application Process (#CAP)meeting, January 8, 2022, virtually with Guest SpeakerMr. Alexander Conyers, Interim President of South Carolina State University(SCSU), introduced by Dr. Rosa Ishmal, The Greater Augusta Alumni Chapter President of South Carolina State University, and a Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter. There were over thirty participants in this […]
The Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce, Calhoun St. Johnston, is soliciting bags of love from the community. These are for seniors in the community; so many are living in the community and dependent on community agencies for food, socialization and basic human contact. The Bags of Love brighten their day, warm their hearts and show them they are […]