Support person may be present with outpatient

Starting today, Prisma Health will allow one support person per patient undergoing outpatient procedures requiring anesthesia or moderate/deep sedation, such as surgery, endoscopy and radiology. The change in policy applies to all Prisma Health hospitals and facilities where outpatient procedures are performed. Due to COVID-19 precautions, Prisma Health’s restricted visitor policy will remain in effect, and visitors will not be […]

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135 new cases, eight more deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Monday announced 135 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 8 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 6,757 and those who have died to 283. Six of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Clarendon (1), Greenville (2), Horry […]

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Guidelines key to re-opening, says Evette

Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette believes that today’s lift of the “Work or Stay Home” order is one relaxation that South Carolinians can rely on seeing almost daily, as the state begins to act on its own to start to re-open the economy. Evette is personally pleased that permission to dine at restaurants with outside facilities is pleasing because she looks […]

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Voter registration deadline this weekend

To help ensure voters are prepared for the June 9 Statewide Primaries, the State Election Commission reminds South Carolinians of the fast-approaching voter registration deadline. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY MAY 10* TO VOTE IN THE 2020 STATEWIDE PRIMARIES. Voters not currently registered to vote in their county of residence must register by the deadline, including citizens who: • Will […]

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The April 12-13 tornadoes amounted to a disaster

The state and the federal governments have made official what a lot of people in the Seneca area know only too well.  The morning of April 13 made for a disaster that many people are still trying to recover from.  The federal government now promises a way to make that easier. At the request of Governor Henry McMaster, President Donald Trump […]

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Attendees to wear masks at Seneca meeting

The board of the Seneca Improvements Corporation will take up business matters during a Wednesday morning meeting at City Hall.  Up for consideration is an economic development improvement application from Salon K and Phillip and Kandace Addington, along with a commercial building improvement application for a pizza restaurant at 403 E. Main Street.  Anyone attending the 8 o’clock Wednesday morning […]

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Ground rules set for meeting in Seneca

Anyone who ventures into a meeting today in Seneca will be required to submit to a temperature check conducted with a non-contact digital thermometer.  Those are the ground rules set for today’s special meeting of the policy-making board of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The meeting is planned at 4 o’clock at the Gignilliat Community Center.

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