Folly Beach erosion repair gets little aid

$400K budgeted as $5.5M FEMA grant denied

The island sands continue to wash away. The popular Charleston County park is so badly eroded that the office sits stranded in the tide, behind a boardwalk that once carried visitors over the dunes. Read More

Few federal dollars in Obama budget for Folly Beach

FOLLY BEACH -- The island sands continue to wash away. The popular Charleston County Park is so badly eroded that the office sits stranded in the tide, behind a boardwalk that once carried visitors over the dunes. Read More

Summerville salaries, pay to get new look

SUMMERVILLE — The ticklish task of reworking salaries and pay will be taken on by the town after a three-hour session behind closed doors last weekend. Read More

Facing troubled DNR

Longtime Lowcountry wildlife officer to take reins

"The Colonel" plans to be back at the Rockville Regatta this summer, but Alvin Taylor won't be a colonel anymore. He'll be the colonel's boss. Read More

Seeking forgotten fort on Ashley

Potential park site might hold key

SUMMERVILLE -- The slight rise above the Ashley River takes on an eeriness as Steven Steele speaks about it: 300 horses, hundreds of men and an earthen redoubt with a field of fire that could turn artillery against attack from upstream or down. This could be the spot where "Swamp Fox" Fra... Read More

State roads money to pay for more than just S.C. 165

SUMMERVILLE —Two other intersections will be improved and rights-of-way purchased with the other $6 million in road funds awarded Thursday by the State Infrastructure Bank. Read More

Smoke bothering you?

Phenomenon keeps strong smell in air

That smell in the morning air isn't the beginning of another wildfire "summer of smoke," at least not yet. It's left over from dozens or more controlled burns in the counties around Charleston and the remnant smoke getting trapped in the atmosphere overnight. Read More

Fixing Cooks Crossroads

State funding planned and deputy sought for troublesome intersection

A sheriff's deputy might return soon to the rush-hour-traffic-swarmed intersection of Cooks Crossroads -- and the bigger fix is on the way. The State Infrastructure Bank on Thursday awarded Dorchester County $13 million to widen S.C. Highway 165 from the crossroads to Ashley Ridge High School. Read More

Dorchester County awarded $19 million for road work

Trouble-plagued Cooks Crossroads gets state money, maybe deputy

SUMMERVILLE -- A sheriff's deputy might return soon to the rush hour traffic-swarmed intersection of Cooks Crossroads -- and the bigger fix is on the way. Read More

Summerville may change date of redistricting vote

The biggest change in redrawing the town's voting districts might not be where. It might be when. Summerville Town Council is scheduled to hold a preliminary vote tonight on changing the lines of its six Town Council voting districts to reflect growth in the 2010 census. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at Town Hall. Read More