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In less than 30 days, we have gone from our first infected person in South Carolina to more than 1,000 cases in 42 counties, with 22 lives lost along the way. Read more
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Understand SC: How the coronavirus has escalated in SC and what could come next
How serious has the coronavirus pandemic become in South Carolina?
A lot has changed since we last discussed the coronavirus on this podcast. We discuss how the outbreak has escalated in the state and what might come in the weeks ahead. Read more
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A group of investors has teamed up to reopen a handful of the shuttered Earth Fare organic grocery stores, including one in the Charleston area. Read more
Tenet Healthcare, which locally owns East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, told workers this week that it is postponing match payments to their 401(k) savings plans. Read more
Stay up-to-date on which 2020 presidential candidates are visiting the Palmetto state with The Post and Courier's tracker. Continually updated as candidates campaign in South Carolina in the months leading up to the state’s February 2020 primary. Read more
Voters will have to come out twice in one day to fill a S.C. Statehouse vacancy on James Island. Read more
Charleston RiverDogs weigh in on minor league baseball's experimentation with robo umps, an automated system that calls balls and strikes. Read more
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I can’t shake the critic’s instinct that it’s silly to endorse a dish which might not be available tomorrow. I kind of miss taking chances, though. In other words: No promises. But here are my greatest hits from the first week of the dining ban. Read more
It appears the vast majority of Charleston-area restaurant that have set up GoFundMe pages won’t have to deal with hard decisions about doling out money. Ten additional restaurants trying to combat their financial woes with charitable giving have collectively raised $36,815 of $408,000 requested. Read more
Scammers are working overtime, and COVID-19 isn’t the only virus to worry about. Crooks are working by telephone, computer, text messaging, social media — every way imaginable — to leverage coronavirus fears and separate people from their money. And, worse, they’re getting better at it. Read more
We are just beginning to learn what factors increase the probability of serious illness or death from COVID-19, but some factors are… Read more
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