South Carolina Receives 20.3 Million For Bioterror Prep
South Carolina will gain 20,379,024 to upgrade disease surveillance and investigation and expand public health lab and hospital readiness. The funds, part of nearly 1.4 billion nationwide, aim to improve connections among health centers and bolster emergency response including infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism.
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Columbia
South Carolina
U.S. Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
Fewer deaths on South Carolina roads over Labor Day weekend
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety reports seven fatalities during the Labor Day period, down from 11 a year earlier. Victims include Harry Crawford 59 of Goose Creek and LaToya Davis 20 of Sumter, among others, with 587 roadway deaths recorded for the year so far, 316 unbelted occupants.
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South Carolina
State Department of Public Safety
Associated Press
Ier
Harry Crawford
Goose Creek
Orangeburg County
Highway Patrol
Dwight Green
Latoya Davis
Sumter County
Verna Moore
James Griffin
Newberry
Colleton
Richard Harvey
Barry McCants
Taylors
Greenville
Chris Bryan
Marion Williams
Estill
Hampton County
Gordon Rhoden
DPS
Sid Goulden
Gaulden
Kerry shifts bid launch away from Massachusetts roots
John Kerry formally announced his Democratic presidential bid in Mount Pleasant aboard the USS Yorktown, minimizing mentions of Massachusetts to avoid the liberal label. Analysts say the move aims to reset his image while polls show Kerry behind Lieberman Gephardt and Dean among Democrats.
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Boston
John Kerry
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Kerry
Larry Sabato
Center For Politics
University of Virginia
Mount Pleasant
Yorktown
Vietnam
New England
New Hampshire
John F Kennedy
CBS News
Joe Lieberman
Dick Gephardt
Howard Dean
al Sharpton
Longest-serving wildlife manager retires after 44 years
George Garris, 71, retires as national wildlife refuge chief with 44 years in the field. He built the ACE Basin refuge, led wetlands preservation, and expanded Cape Romain and Waccamaw refuges totaling thousands of acres. His tenure included storms like Hugo and past poaching threats in the Carolina Sandhills.
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Charleston
George Garris
Cape Romain
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Garris
Carolina Sandhills
Chesterfield County
Mary Lou Garris
George
Ashepoo, Combahee
Edisto Rivers
Beaufort
Ace Basin
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