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States are struggling to hire nursing home inspectors to conduct federally-mandated reviews, according to a congressional report published Friday, May 19, 2023. A map shows South Carolina as one of seven states with a large percentage of unfilled inspector jobs. Even if it were fully staffed, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control would still be last in the nation. Graphic courtesy of U.S. Senate Committee on Aging

SC ranks worst in the nation in nursing home inspectors

December 28, 2023

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State has 190 nursing homes, just 1 functional state inspection team By Jessica Holdman and Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA – After a

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The Department of Health and Environmental Control office at 2100 Bull Street, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. The front part of the building, shown, is the state’s original hospital for the mentally ill, opened in 1828. Abraham Kenmore/S.C. Daily Gazette

Would taxpayers benefit from SC selling Columbia buildings?

December 28, 2023

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What history tells us about the difficulties of selling massive state-owned properties, whether the public benefits By Abraham Kenmore and Seanna Adcox

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Meet the South Carolina Daily Gazette staff: Senior reporter Jessica Holdman, Editor Seanna Adcox, and reporters Skylar Laird and Abraham Kenmore. Bill Meacham/Special to the S.C. Daily Gazette

Under new SC rule companies must say whether waste includes forever chemicals

December 15, 2023

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By Skylar Laird SCDailyGazette.com COLUMBIA — Companies and wastewater treatment plants must disclose whether the waste they discharge into bodies of water

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Help keep South Carolina's oyster reefs healthy by recycling the shell from your backyard oyster roast at a drop-off site near you. Kaitlyn Hackathorn/SCDNR

South Carolina shellfish harvest season opens

October 2, 2023

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S.C. Department of Natural Resources The 2023-2024 season for recreational harvest of shellfish (clams and oysters) in coastal waters of South Carolina

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DHEC closes shellfish harvesting locations in Beaufort County due to sewage spill

January 31, 2022

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Half a million gallons of wastewater released near Battery Creek From staff reports The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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SC ranks worst in the nation in nursing home inspectors

Would taxpayers benefit from SC selling Columbia buildings?

Under new SC rule companies must say whether waste includes forever chemicals

South Carolina shellfish harvest season opens

DHEC closes shellfish harvesting locations in Beaufort County due to sewage spill