COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) launched their new prescription ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Environmental Control (DHEC) wants to know what’s in everyone’s trash. The state agency is using part of a $500,000 federal grant to learn more about ...

Mega farms have stirred unrest in parts of South Carolina as out-of-state agribusinesses set up shop File photo/The State Three environmental groups are threatening to sue the S.C. Department of ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCBD) — The ongoing conflict between the South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and a homeowner on the Isle of Palms has now gone to court. After storms ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — State Senator Deon Tedder (D, S.C.–42) has released a statement in response to the Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) recent letter to farmers and ...

Former Department of Health and Environmental Control directors Rick Toomey and Doug Bryant attended the agency’s final board meeting Thursday June 13, 2024. The agency is being disbanded and the ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCIV) — A white powder-like substance on cars and homes in Goose Creek has many people questioning the safety of their air quality. Century Aluminum experienced filtration equipment ...

Free tests for both sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS will be available at many South Carolina public health departments on Thursday, according to our news partners at ABC 25 in ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will resume seasonal water quality checks along the coast to detect elevated bacteria levels. DHEC ...

On July 1, the S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) became two distinct entities: the Department of Behavioral and Public Health and the Department of Environmental Services (DES).

Myra Reece is a career environmental official in South Carolina who was named director of the new Department of Environmental Services Sammy Fretwell/The State A career government official who for ...