Due to the economic impact brought by the COVID-19 pandemic about 8,000 Greenville County households are struggling to keep up with their utility bills. Upstate residents have unpaid utility bills totaling $4 million. The United Way Of Greenville County in collaboration with Duke Energy, Greenville Water, and Greenville County startedRead More

The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has been conducting a series of testing events across the Upstate in the past months since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Once again DHEC is sponsoring a series of COVID-19 testing events in the Upstate, as they continuously urge Upstate residents to haveRead More

Governor Henry McMaster announced two new grant programs to minority and small businesses and nonprofits. These programs will award grant funds to small and minority businesses and nonprofit organizations to reimburse qualifying expenditures for providing services or for revenue loss due to COVID-19. The application process for both programs willRead More

There will be no Poinsettia Christmas Parade this year as Greenville city officials decided to cancel the annual Christmas parade due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. The event was scheduled for December 5 in downtown Greenville. City spokesperson Beth Brotherton said “The health and safety of Greenville residents and visitors isRead More

The TreeUpstate’s annual Turkey Day Run will go virtual this year due to COVID-19. The TreeUpstate hopes that the Upstate community will continue to run, trot, or walk with them this Thanksgiving wherever they are to continuously support their cause to plant, promote, and protect trees. All proceeds from theRead More

Upstate cities Greenville and Spartanburg have voted to extend their face mask ordinances. The ordinance will be in effect for another 2 months unless further action is taken by the cities. The city of Spartanburg requires everyone entering a grocery store or pharmacy to wear  face-covering while in Greenville theyRead More

AO-The Space, a popular Upstate MedSpa, Day Spa, and Salon recently opened in Legacy Square Greenville. AO-The Space offers Clinical MedSpa services such as: dermaplaning microneedling high-intensity focused ultrasound microblading/powder brows permanent eyeliner/lips and medical-grade chemical peels Other services include: massage therapy reflexology ionic foot detoxes organic facials full-body waxingRead More

Prisma Health – Upstate has recently launched The Mobile Mammography Program. The Mobile Mammography aims to serve women in the entire Upstate area to provide early breast cancer detection.  The mobile clinic will travel to any Upstate companies and neighborhoods to help save lives with its state-of-the-art digital mammography screeningRead More

This year’s Halloween celebration will be a little different as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reminds the public to avoid activities like trick-or-treating to celebrate Halloween due to COVID-19. In guidelines released by the CDC door-to-door treat-or-treating runs a high risk of acquiring and getting infected by COVID-19. CDCRead More