State health officials are working with local hospitals, physicians, health departments and schools to guard against the so-called swine flu this flu season, a representative of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control told members of the Greater Hartsville Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.

More than 100 people gathered Tuesday to learn about the updated air proposal Santee Cooper submitted to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) for the proposed Pee Dee Energy Campus.

The public will have a chance to hear more about a proposed coal-fired power plant wanting to come to lower Florence County Tuesday.

Efforts to have sludge spread on Marion County farmland will be discussed at a public hearing at 6 p.m. on June 26 in the C.D. Joyner Auditorium in Marion. For information, call (803) 898-3375.