A year after being discontinued in 2019, Greenville’s B-Cycle program returns. According to Calin Owens, the city’s mobility coordinator, in 2019 the service was discontinued following the decision made by Upstate Forever to leave the bike-sharing business and the City of Greenville and B-Cycle could not come to an agreementRead More
A federal advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided on Sunday that next in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine should be people aged 75 and older and frontline essential workers. It decided by a 13-1 vote that people 75 and older, about 20 million inRead More
The Peace Center has announced that the Holiday at Peace concert series with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra has been canceled due to a spike in COVID-19 incidents. The Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s “Holiday at Peace” concert was expected to take place between Dec. 18 and Dec. 20. “Extensive operational safety protocolsRead More
Now that the COVID-19 vaccine distribution has begun, U.S. Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr. urges South Carolinians to be on high alert for fraudsters seeking to take advantage of the pandemic. “Having already seen supply scams, provider scams, economic impact scams, phishing scams, and even charity scams related to COVID-19Read More
A quarantine shelter opens for people of the Upstate who are homeless and who have signs of the Coronavirus or who have tested positive. The United Housing Connections (UHC) and the Upstate Continuum of Care have received almost $2 million in grants to develop and maintain the quarantine shelter. TheRead More
The cities of Greenville and Spartanburg are extending the city-wide mask ordinance for another 60-day extension as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The measures were approved Monday night by the town councils of both cities. The mask ordinance will require all people in grocery stores and pharmacies to wear a face-coveringRead More
The IRS is warning people that scammers are using a fake government stimulus offer to get their personal information. As Congress continues to work out what to do with the second round of stimulus checks, scammers are using that opportunity to steal your identity by flooding cell phones with aRead More
SWAMP RABBITS Where: Bon Secours Wellness Arena Tickets: Greenville Swamp Rabbits Tickets Website: www.swamprabbits.com There’s a new energy surrounding #rabbitsrising in Greenville as the Swamp Rabbits make their return to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena and will become one of the first live crowds to welcome back hockey. There’s so much to celebrateRead More
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina says the state will follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines regarding the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines. At a news conference, McMaster said that it is going to be a slow process nationwide. South Carolina is planning to carry out the vaccineRead More
Even when COVID-19 vaccines start to be administered, experts say that wearing masks, social distancing, and following other public health measures will still be recommended for some period of time. Returning to some sense of normalcy may not happen instantly. The first coronavirus vaccine needs two doses. The second doseRead More