The fruity- or candy-flavored e-cigarettes that have caused vaping by youth to skyrocket are already illegal. Only e-cigarettes that taste like tobacco or menthol are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and they’re generally marketed as a way to help adults quit smoking.
Read More“Here’s to being single and drinking doubles,” a toast in one of the group’s early gatherings, becomes the rallying cry, as the quartet builds their camaraderie on Friday nights drinking on the porch and venturing into the bigger world in search of finding a purpose in middle age.
Read MoreRep. Kambrell Garvin, D-Columbia, displays a photo of his daughter as an embryo on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. He was given the photo as he and his wife went through the IVF process. his family was given as his family went through an in vitro fertilization process. (Abraham Kenmore/SC Daily Gazette)
Bills introduced in both the House and Senate, mostly by Democrats, explicitly protect the fertility treatments, though there is nothing in South Carolina currently that puts them in jeopardy.
Read MoreThe 110 North Kitchen and Commissary is an incubator that features a professional kitchen for bakers, cooks and other food preparation equipment for food truck owners, area farmers, aspiring baker and other local business. The city built the facility with a series of grants.
Read MoreLegal Notice: Distribution of FEMA Emergency Food & Shelter Funds
ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)/FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY UNDER THE EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM.
Anderson County has been chosen to receive $58,218 from Phase 41 to supplement emergency
food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is
chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency
and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The
Salvation Army; and, United Way Worldwide. The Local Board was charged to distribute funds
appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need
areas around the country.
A Local Board made up of mandated representatives from the local community will determine how
the funds awarded to Anderson County are to be distributed among the emergency food and
shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. The Local Board is responsible for
recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds made available under this
phase of the program.
Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds
must:
1) be private voluntary non-profits, faith-based or units of government,
2) be eligible to receive Federal funds,
3) have an accounting system,
4) practice nondiscrimination,
5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and
6) if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board.
Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.
Anderson County has distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with Anderson
Interfaith Ministries, Salvation Army, Good Neighbor Cupboard, Safe Harbor, Anderson Emergency
Kitchen, Faith Presbyterian Food Bank, Golden Harvest and Second Harvest, the Zone and
Community Food Bank and Soul Food. Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying
for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds can obtain the application at
www.unitedwayofanderson.org or contact Carol Burdette or Monica Rockwell, United Way of
Anderson County, 604 N Murray Avenue, PO Box 2067, Anderson, SC 29622 (864-226-3438) for
an application. The deadline for applications to be received is noon on March 8, 2024.
Read MoreThe group, formed to both remember five documented victims of racial lynching in Anderson County between 1894 and 1911, and to work through “dialogue, education, and fellowship to move our community toward reconciliation and elimination of racial disparities and the realization of “Beloved Community” as described by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.”
Read MoreTickets are $15, $12 for seniors, military and students, and are available at www.milltownplayers.org or by calling (864)947-8000.
Read MoreWith Anderson County Municipal elections scheduled for April 2, the deadline for voter registration to participate in this election is March 3.
Read MoreThe growth also increases the need for the county support services, including law enforcement, road maintenance, the animal shelter and in other areas, said Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns.
Read MoreAnderson City Council agreed to send to the planning commission the annexation of 45 acres at 1401 Crestview Road for a new subdivision with 92 lots for single-family housing. The city requires the lots be at least 20,000 square-feet.
Read MoreCouncil approved $49,500 to bring a headline music act to the Anderson Soirée in April 26 . Country Music Star Josh Turner, whose hits include “Long Black Train,” “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” and “Would You Go With Me,” will kick off this year’s downtown festival. Turner, who is from South Carolina, is best known for his deep voice and soulful country ballads.
Read MoreCouncil will vote at the March 11 meeting on how to proceed. The new park will include an extensive redesign of the park (see below), with trails, a new pavilion, playground equipment, traffic and parking changes, and a priority of restoring the Whitner Creek which runs through the park to a natural state.
Read MoreAfter nearly five months, court will reopen in the Anderson County Courthouse on Friday.
Read MoreA section of Jim Ed Rice Parkway at Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center will be closed for road work and repairs Monday-Friday, The detour for this closure can be found on the map shown below,
Read MoreAnderson County voters voted in even greater numbers that the statewide totals, with 68.69 percent of voters choosing Trump, and 30.61 percent voting for former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley. Only four precincts in Anderson County, one in City of Anderson, Denver, Pendleton and Sandy Springs favored Nikki Haley.
Read MoreIt is also worth noting that the majority of current council members, who would identify themselves as conservatives, appointed members to the current library board. Four new members of that board were appointed since August of 2023. No council members have publicly suggested they made a mistake in their appointments of any of the seven board members (one chosen by each district).
Read MoreMoving into Friday, 5,799 voters cast ballots in the election during early voting, which opened Feb. 10. The official primary day is Saturday.. Polling Places Here
Read MoreInfrared photodetectors (IRPDs) are used in SWIR (Short-Wave Infrared) cameras to detect infrared light and convert it into an electrical signal. They are utilized in applications from night vision and thermal imaging to environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and consumer electronics.
Read MoreSouth Carolina has $1.8 billion of taxpayer funding sitting untouched in a bank account where it doesn’t belong. The elected officials in charge of managing the state’s finances don’t know or haven’t said where it was supposed to go after it went unaccounted for more than five years.
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