Staff report
On March 5, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced his latest executive order, which loosens requirements for wearing face masks inside state buildings and facilities or when not eating or dinking inside restaurants. This followed his Feb. 26 order that said limits on mass gatherings would be lifted, and bars and restaurants would be allowed to resume selling alcohol after 11 p.m.
The latest executive order still encourages counties and municipalities to implement appropriate ordinances, orders or other measures requiring individuals to wear face coverings in public settings.
Here s a look at the latest local ordinances throughout the Upstate:
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Here s the latest COVID-related restrictions across the SC Upstate
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In January alone, 592 people died with COVID-19 in seven Upstate South Carolina counties. Across the state, there were 1,740 deaths in the month of January.
Here are some of their stories, from a couple who died 12 days apart to a champion for some of the region s poorest areas. Beloved children and grandchildren who will miss playing games and getting special candies from their grandfather.
They will never be forgotten. We help tell the stories of family and friends we lost too soon due to COVID-19.
It is their voices we miss.
Surely, many of us have remembered lost loved ones and thought it.
When members of Anderson County Council expressed a desire to have a better, more efficient way of communicating with their constituents, a new member of the staff stepped up to the plate to create the perfect platform: a smartphone app.
ACSC Gov, available for Apple and Google phones, was created by Matt Shoup, a former intern who joined the county staff full-time in October. Shoup said it was clear council “wanted to get information out to the public in a prompt and important manner.” Information can only move as fast as technology, he said. And, for quite some time, we may have been behind the ball on that in some regards.