Business owners and service industry employees are now allowed on Hilton Head

Some people who work for “certain businesses with service functions” will be allowed onto Hilton Head Island before the general public today, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Business owners or employees of “gas stations, restaurants, physicians, pharmacies, grocery stores and other businesses” with some kind of identification validating employment or ownership of one of these types of businesses will be allowed to enter “to help stabilize Hilton Head Island,” according to the release.

This story was originally published October 11, 2016 at 12:47 PM with the headline "Business owners and service industry employees are now allowed on Hilton Head."