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All the latest happenings in your town.

All the latest happenings in your town.

All the latest happenings in your town.

All the latest happenings in your town.

National Federation of the Blind (Columbia Chapter) president GARY WUNDER shares with us three bills that the NFB recently took to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. for consideration: the Medical Device Non-Visual Accessibility Act; the Blind Americans Return to Work Act; and a bill that allows for those who are sight-impaired to compete on an even playing field in the workforce. May 18, 2023

FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Legum & Norman (LN), an Associa company and leading provider of community management services...

League of Women Voters and Senator Josh Kimbrell say voters will be fired up to vote in November as abortion rights arguments come to a peak.

Former NAACP president passes away remembered for a lifetime of good work Frank Washington, 91, was passionate about education and civil rights, he was awarded the Order of the Palmetto in 2019. Author: WLTX Updated: 7:41 PM EDT June 22, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. — Longtime Columbia NAACP president and local activist Frank Washington passed away over the weekend.  The 91-year-old is not only remembered for being the president of the Columbia NAACP and also the vice-...

COLUMBIA - Kaiser Health News released an analysis in January that showed Black Americans nationwide are receiving the vaccine at lower rates.  The analysis showed that about 3% of Americans across the country had received at lease one dose of the vaccine. In the 16 states that have released data by race, white residents have been vaccinated at higher rates than Black residents.  In some states, white residents have been vaccinated two or three times higher than Black residents. Kaiser He...