Upstate

The South Carolina Department of Public Health is reporting 20 more measles cases since last Friday. Three people also have been hospitalized because of complications from the virus.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced Tuesday that nine more people have gotten sick with measles in the Upstate, bringing the total number of illnesses in the current outbreak to 135.

The state's total count of cases for the year is up to 87, and the new exposures added more than 120 people to the quarantine list since the South Carolina Department of Public Health's Tuesday report.

Most of South Carolina’s measles cases are in the Upstate, among unvaccinated children. But even among concerns and questions, some health officials remind that this is not like Covid.

Saluda County made national news when it became the only county in the state to report deaths in the line of duty during Hurricane Helene. Media attention quickly shifted to North Carolina, leaving a news desert in the hands of social media.

Hurricane Helene hit the City of Aiken with punishing wind gusts and heavy rains, like no other storm had. For first-responders, Sept. 27, 2024, was the scariest night they've spent on the job.

Landrum, in Spartanburg County, was what travel brochures might call a hidden gem. After Hurricane Helene, Landrum was not an obscure place on the road to Asheville. A year later, residents still need help, as a longtime business tries to reclaim its storybook history.

Hurricane Helene struck one year ago this week. Its effects are still rippling through South Carolina. This is the first of a four-part look at some of the storm's lingering issues in the state.

The City of Laurens has adopted the first pattern book in the state, giving builders a path to streamline the approval process.

A third of the fire at Table Rock Mountain was contained by Monday noon. Two-thirds of the fire at Persimmon Ridge was also contained. Weather has made a difference.