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School is almost here, districts who raised pay still search for teachers
WACH — It might be hard to believe but we're already just a few weeks out from the next school year. As students fill the classrooms, many districts are still looking for teachers to head them, but some districts might be having an easier time than filling roles than in previous years.
Blount Memorial Hospital could become part of South Carolina health system in $364M proposal
Blount Memorial Hospital could soon become part of South Carolina’s largest hospital system, Prisma Health. The move would mark the culmination of months of talks with hospital systems on affiliation and is meant to bolster the hospital’s prospects going forward. It could also lead to a $364 million boon for the hospital. A signed contract would mean Prisma becomes Blount Memorial’s first health system partner or affiliate in its almost 80-year history. Eleven potential partners participated in a wide-ranging search for such affiliates. The search...
More officers are watching the road this week throughout the southeast for Operation Southern Slowdown
MACON, Ga. — Both Memorial Day and July 4th saw record-high travel, and it brought out more law enforcement to patrol the streets. A study by the Vacationer Travel Journal says more than 200 million Americans plan to travel this summer. However, you may have noticed this week that...
Georgetown County School District issues new rule restricting cellphone use
GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)– The South Carolina Department of Education is drafting a policy banning the use of cell phones, which could start as soon as the upcoming school year. The ban is tied to a provision that districts must abide by if they receive state funding. Officials said the decision came after some counties across […]
Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast
Seeking to expand innovation and boost start-ups in the Upstate, the South Carolina Research Authority has celebrated the opening of its newest office at the Greenville ONE Center last week. Charged with fostering research and innovation among the state’s leading universities in collaboration with existing companies and start-ups, SCRA is...
CDC project to address obesity expanded to seven more counties in SC
Five years ago, Clemson Department Public Health Sciences professor Sarah Griffin co-led a team of public health researchers and Clemson Extension Rural Health and Nutrition agents to address obesity in three rural counties in South Carolina. Because the team, known as the Healthy Options Program (HOP) team, was able to assist more than 15,000 people in three counties, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has funded a five-year, $3.8 million effort to expand the program from three to ten counties.
Medicaid expansion could cover 360,000 more people in SC, new report says
COLUMBIA — Expanding Medicaid eligibility would give 360,000 additional South Carolinians full health insurance coverage in its first year while costing the state more than $250 million, according to a report released Thursday. South Carolina is one of 10 states in the country that has not expanded Medicaid eligibility to cover all adults with incomes […] The post Medicaid expansion could cover 360,000 more people in SC, new report says appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
Ripple Fiber holds ribbon cutting for Lexington office
Ripple Fiber, a fiber optic internet provider based in the Southeast, celebrated the recent opening of its local office in Lexington alongside members of the Lexington Chamber of Commerce with a ribbon cutting event on July 16. Ripple Fiber announced last month that more than 8,500 residences in the Town...
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