Port's plans on table

Residents get peek at revitalization strategies

Residents of seven neighborhoods affected by the new port terminal being built at the former Navy Yard in North Charleston got a peek Saturday at the various economic and building strategies that could revitalize and protect the area over the next 30 years. Read More

Effects of war

Military program aims to give wounded soldiers closure by returning them to scene of battle

Earlier this summer, Army Sgt. Robert Brown of Moncks Corner retraced the route he took three years ago in Iraq where an enemy bullet cost him his right leg below the knee. It was a haunting return. But it also proved emotionally healing. Read More

Witnesses heard 'loud' engine noise at takeoff

JEDBURG -- Witnesses to the plane crash that killed four people at the Dorchester County Airport last month said they heard distinctive engine sounds in the moments before takeoff. Read More

Gordon says he may contest

RAVENEL -- With only three seats up for election and four candidates on the ballot Tuesday, one town council hopeful was going to be disappointed. Read More

Cronin to stay

Mayor wins with 53% in his first re-election bid

ISLE OF PALMS -- Mayor Dick Cronin won his first re-election bid Tuesday, turning back a challenge from former Councilman Jimmy Ward. Read More

IOP Mayor Cronin wins re-election

ISLE OF PALMS — Mayor Dick Cronin appears to have won his first re-election bid Tuesday, turning back a challenge from former Councilman Jimmy Ward. Read More

Water, sewer to cost more

The Charleston Water System's Board of Commissioners has approved an average 5 percent rate increase for water and sewer customers, to begin Jan. 1. Read More

Staying focused was key

Mayor says optimism was order of the day

Thirty days ago, North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey was extremely optimistic about his city's chances of landing Boeing. Months of negotiations had gone better than expected. During a lunch at Trident Technical College, the mayor had even given some of the Boeing execs a history lesson on the Charleston Naval Shipyard, where generations of local workers had turned out fleets of U.S. surface ships. Read More

Obama must decide soon, Graham says

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Barack Obama must make a decision soon on sending 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan -- and before the country's runoff election Nov. 7 -- as a message of stability. Read More

C-17 arrives at base

Officials say arrival of plane, Boeing announcement only a coincidence

Air Force and Boeing aviation officials said it was just a coincidence the Charleston Air Force Base's 58th C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane arrived the very same day Boeing picked North Charleston as its new commercial jet expansion site. Read More