South Carolina imports $19 million in fireworks

South Carolina trails Missouri, Alabama, Kansas and Wyoming as the state with the largest pyrotechnic purchases per capita. States and territories with the lowest firework purchases include Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Georgia and North Carolina.

Extended unemployment benefits now available in S.C.

Individuals who have exhausted both regular unemployment insurance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation assistance may be eligible for up to 10 additional weeks of extended benefits.

Fireworks sales booming nationwide because of COVID-19

The American Pyrotechnics Association is predicting a record year in consumer fireworks sales. But the reason for the sales increase isn’t just because the holiday is falling on a Saturday.

Richland County sees 1,554 unemployment claims in week

The number of initial unemployment claims filed in S.C. for the week ending June 27 dropped by 139 from the previous week. In the last 15 weeks, 635,688 claims have been filed. 

Furman and Kopis launch virtual entrepreneurship program

Students from Furman’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Bootcamp can learn the ropes of launching a tech startup and developing data migration tools through a virtual internship program offered by Kopis and the NEXT Innovation Network.

News from across South Carolina

• A fiery Fourth of July tradition
• Cotton breed returns to S.C. for first time in 100 years
• Teens struggle to find summer work, independence

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