State's jobless rate hits 12.1%

Charleston area's figure rises to 10% in October

South Carolina's jobless rate jumped to 12.1 percent in October, matching its highest point since the recession began nearly two years ago, as employers cut staff and as out-of-work residents relaunched their job searches. Read More

Boeing breaks ground on new Dreamliner plant

It was a lofty moment in Lowcountry history: Boeing broke ground, setting the stage for South Carolina's economy to take off. South Carolina's top representatives -- on local, state and federal levels -- hailed the company's decision to build a second 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston at a ceremony Friday that marked the official start of construction at the site. Read More

Boeing breaks ground for historic North Charleston plant

Work on Boeing Co.’s massive 787 Dreamliner plant got underway with a groundbreaking ceremony today that was attended by dozens of elected officials and hundreds of Boeing employees. Read More

BOEING: The future

Groundbreaking symbolic of great changes ahead

Boeing Co.'s transformational influence on the Lowcountry will start with a mound of dirt today but have an immeasurable impact on generations to come. Read More

Boeing a last-minute council topic

Lawyer says agenda update violated Freedom of Information Act

Eager elected officials statewide have acted with lightning speed to please Boeing Co., but Charleston County Council may have breached a threshold of transparency when it took up the company's economic incentive package this week. Read More

Job fairs change purpose

Team was promoting openings at SRS, now it teaches how to hunt jobs

Jeffrey Baumgartner got a disturbing glimpse of the challenges facing some of South Carolina's unemployed population when he tried to help an Allendale County man write a resume. Read More

Last Bushy Park acreage sold

Pennsylvania investment firm pays $10 million

A Pennsylvania investment group has purchased the remainder of Berkeley County's oldest large-scale industrial site in a deal that local officials hope will lure more manufacturing businesses to the property. Read More

Reporter: Boeing has own foreign policy

Boeing Co.'s decision to build a 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston and create thousands of local jobs gives South Carolina residents a reason to peer into the complex world of foreign policy. Take it from New York Times reporter David Sanger, who has focused on internation... Read More

Panel to seek $150,000 grant for traffic study near plant

Funds would be available as part of $450M incentive plan

Drivers who think traffic already is heavy near Charleston International Airport might worry that Boeing Co.'s expansion in that area will make their commutes worse. With that in mind, Charleston County Council's economic development committee agreed Thursday to pursue a $150,000 state grant to study that area's traffic-improvement needs. Read More

Construction 'a massive undertaking'

Contractors say the structure will push limits in many ways

It's going to take a Herculean effort -- one that will test the strength of the local construction trade and then some -- to transform the wooded acreage at Charleston International Airport into Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner assembly plant. Read More