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Journalists from The Greenville News and Anderson Independent Mail win 34 awards from the South Carolina Press Association for work published in 2021.

View Comments South Carolina has confirmed very few delta COVID variant cases, 70 in the past month, even as the variant likely accounts for the bulk of more than 15,000 cases in that time. The screening for the delta variant is limited and it is unlikely South Carolina will know how many positive tests get additional screening, because knowing whether a person has a variant does not change treatment or public health prevention recommendations, according to Dr. Brannon Traxler, the state’s public health director. More than 83% of the new COVID cases in the US are estimated to be from the ...

The state health department warned against complacency with the pandemic as case numbers and deaths have declined. Dr. Linda Bell, the Department of Health and Environmental Control's epidemiologist, said the drop in cases since the winter was encouraging but South Carolinians should continue to be aware of the threats of the pandemic. She added that without the vaccines, cases and, more importantly, deaths would be higher than they are today. "We need to continue to be extremely vigilant, extremely careful about the possibility of resurgences here in South Carolina as we look optimisticall...

QuikTrip asked that customers visit their app for updated fuel prices and availability. "QuikTrip is taking all necessary precautions based on what we know. As a result of the Colonial Pipeline hack, it will take us some time to get caught up where supply is limited," said, Aisha Jefferson-Smith, spokeswoman for QuikTrip Corporation. Gas Buddy analyst Patrick De Haan tweeted that about 4.7% of South Carolina gas stations were without gasoline as of Tuesday evening — up from 1.7% from earlier in the morning. De Haan said that 27% of fuel stations in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metro ar...