Lowcountry Local First opens expanded Local Works

The small business advocacy organization opened a more than 5,000-square-foot headquarters and coworking space on Summerville Avenue to give entrepreneurs and early stage companies a place to grow and collaborate. The original Local Works opened in 2014 on upper Meeting Street.

Upstate’s AnMed Health launches $42 million expansion

Coming out of a challenging season of furloughs and COVID-19 treatment, AnMed Health prepares to launch a three-year $42 million expansion project its leaders say will enhance the health care system’s outpatient capacity and make use of a property purchased near S.C. 81 North.

S.C. Senate confirms DHEC director

Dr. Edward Simmer was selected by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control’s board in December from a pool of 83 applicants. He was most recently the CEO of TRICARE Health Plan.

Kiawah Island Real Estate records $567M in 2020 closings

KIRE President and Broker in Charge Dan Whalen said the last year has been surreal for the company. Agents set records with the most closed houses in a single year and for selling the highest listing in all of Charleston.

Prisma Health to offer transplant services this year

The health care system serving 1.2 million patients in the state says its size and scale, along with the rising need for kidney transplants, have led Prisma Health to start a solid organ transplant program.

News from across South Carolina

• Village at Sandhill renews retail leases
• Initial unemployment claims drop in S.C., nationally

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