SC National Guard

The governors of Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina are joining the growing list of Republican-led states sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico.

Nikki Haley's husband will soon begin a yearlong deployment with the South Carolina Army National Guard to Africa. The mission will encompass most of the remainder of his wife's campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The National Guard told The Associated Press Wednesday that a formal deployment ceremony will likely happen in several weeks. It'll be Michael Haley's second active-duty deployment since he joined the Guard as an officer in 2006.

The National Guard is sending help to a South Carolina hospital system where a surge in COVID-19 patients is overwhelming emergency departments. Tidelands Health says it needs the extra hands because both of its hospitals have topped 100% capacity and emergency rooms now serve as holding areas when beds aren't available. The state is averaging 5,300 cases per day, nearing January's record high case numbers. Doctors with Prisma Health are worried upcoming Labor Day gatherings could push more hospitals beyond capacity. They say schools that aren't enforcing virus prevention measures and fall football crowds could keep virus spread high.

The number of COVID19 Cases in South Carolina continued to rise over the weekend. As of Sunday, the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control…

The day before President Trump visited Conway, Doug and Sissy Owen got a knock on their door. It was the National Guard advising them to seek higher…