COLUMBIA – Each spring, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) encourages pet owners to take their pets to a veterinarian for routine care and vaccinations. To help make rabies vaccines easily accessible, DHEC is rallying behind several veterinary partners in support of the free or low-cost rabies vaccination clinics they’re holding […]
Vulcan files for mining application
April 16, 2020 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC has filed an application with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) for a permit to mine granite at a site located on State Road 20-41 (Old River Road.) DHEC is currently conducting a technical review of that application and related documents and is accepting […]
DHEC confirms a Fairfield County resident is infected with the Coronavirus
March 17, 2020 By
BREAKING – The Voice has confirmed with the Department of Health and Economic Control (DHEC) just after 12 Noon that a Fairfield County resident has been verified by DHEC to be the county’s first case of the coronavirus. It was also confirmed that this case does not change the number of cases in the state, […]
Free rabies shots for Fairfield cats & dogs
November 21, 2019 By
WINNSBORO – After 2-1/2 relatively quiet years, the number of animals testing positive for rabies is on the rise in Fairfield County. No cases were reported in 2017 or 2018, nor were there any through the first nine months of 2019. In October, however, Fairfield County fielded two separate reports of rabid skunks within two […]
