Kyra Purvis
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CCU breaks ground on $75M health education building (opens the original)
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CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — Coastal Carolina University is moving forward with a major new academic building designed to expand health care training and prepare students for jobs in the growing region. The 85,000-square-foot Health and Human Performance building will bring nursing, health sciences, exercise and sport science, public health and ROTC programs together in one place. The $75 million project will include classrooms, labs and clinical spaces and is expected to open in fall 2028. “We have ov
How 9/11 reshaped nursing education, disaster preparedness (opens the original)
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Dr. Kandi Valentine still remembers watching the events unfold after finishing a 12-hour emergency room shift. “It was numbing, honestly,” said Valentine, the dean and program administrator at Galen College of Nursing in Myrtle Beach. Valentine said she was home with her son, watching the news, when the second tower was hit. Like many nurses and other emergency caregivers, she immediately began thinking about how she and h
How 9/11 reshaped nursing education, disaster preparedness (opens the original)
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Dr. Kandi Valentine still remembers watching the events unfold after finishing a 12-hour emergency room shift. “It was numbing, honestly,” said Valentine, the dean and program administrator at Galen College of Nursing in Myrtle Beach. Valentine said she was home with her son, watching the news, when the second tower was hit. Like many nurses and other emergency caregivers, she immediately began thinking about how she and h
Former SC governor launches 'breaking bread together’ movement along Grand Strand, Pee Dee (opens the original)
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(WPDE) — An effort to mend divides across our country is being planned along the Grand Strand and in the Pee Dee. Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley is launching a national movement to help bring people together despite their differences. "Breaking bread together,” comes amid an increase in heated tensions between political parties - and the issue has been going on for years. It's a call to action aimed at communities across the nation. Beasley called out political rivalries and calling on
More than 1,500 Dillon Co. customers lose power after morning outage (opens the original)
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DILLON COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — More than 1,500 customers are without power in parts of Dillon county after an outage Tuesday morning. Duke Energy says the outage was identified at 8:16 a.m. and affected 1,588 customers. The cause was an object coming into contact with power lines. The estimated time of restoration is 11:30 a.m. as crews work to restore power. READ NEXT: Man arrested after firing shots at Florence Co. deputies following chase, officials say
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