Sunday Edition
July 21, 2019 — Made by humans, not machines.
A list provided to Congress shows the U.S. Department of Defense believes the chemical-laden foam could be found at seven other current and former military bases throughout the Palmetto State. It's all part of a growing mountain of liability related to the military's decades-long use of the firefighting foam. Read more
Sunday headlines
The next 30 days for Mark Sanford will be about formulating how to return to a bygone Republican era. Read more
The apparent recovery of the threatened loggerhead sea turtle could still be as fragile as the eggs on Cape Island, which year to year holds more nests than anywhere else. Read more
Richland County has faced numerous setbacks in its efforts to expand infrastructure after a penny tax increase passed in 2014. Read more
Keeping up with Clemson
Clemson has earned bids to the College Football Playoff each of the past four seasons, meaning more eyeballs on the program, but also meaning more time in the film room, more time perfecting schemes and more time away from home for the assistant coaches. Read more
Should college sports pay up?
Gene Sapakoff column: The hypocrisy on display at college football media events this week was not limited to name, image and likeness chatter. It also included talk about the impact of sports gambling on the mental health of athletes and support for a third full-time assistant baseball coach. Read more
Berkeley county crime
Three people are dead and a fourth was injured following two shootings over five hours in North Charleston and Hanahan overnight. Read more
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Helping young people find a home
The rapid rehousing program is designed to help young people quickly find stable, independent housing. Read more
Remembering the Apollo 11 landing
The crew of Apollo 11 took its first steps on the moon 50 years ago. After storing them for decades, an alumnus donated the maps that would land them there to South Carolina's flagship university ahead of today's anniversary. Read more
Local News
Researchers at Clemson University are racing climate change to create a more resilient peach and ensure the future of one of South Carolina's most important crops.
The Charleston Animal Society finds itself in a most unlikely place — the doghouse.
The neck-and-neck race to the moon with the competing Soviet Luna 15 is a largely forgotten aspect of the historic Apollo 11 mission. South Carolina residents who were involved in the mission recall it sharply.
Several youth cultivated their business skills at Camp Wanza, a summer initiative started to honor the youngest victim of the 2015 Emanuel AME Church shooting. Read more
The latest round of Safe Home grants were claimed in less than 32 hours. Here's how to be ready for the next round, if you want to save thousands on a new roof. Read more
Columbia's Papa Jazz record store is celebrating its 40th year in July. Read more
The bankruptcy of a Myrtle Beach vacation ownership group is one of the oddest cases to hit the South Carolina docket in recent years. Read more
The Charleston area's industrial real estate market continues to gain momentum, with businesses snapping up 1.25 million square feet of new space during the first half of this year, according to a report by the commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield|Thalheimer. Read more
Scott came to Kemp with the idea about a year ago as means to expand the conservative tent that is overwhelmingly male and white. Read more
Stay up-to-date on which 2020 presidential candidates are visiting the Palmetto state with The Post and Courier's tracker. Continually updated as candidates campaign in South Carolina in the months leading up to the state’s February 2020 primary. Read more
The Charleston Animal Society finds itself in a most unlikely place — the doghouse. Read more
The 80,600 SC tax filers who saved a year's worth of their gas fill-ups and maintenance receipts got back about $24 each. Read more
The University of South Carolina's largest donor has asked the school to stop a vote for a new president Friday and reopen the search for a new leader. Read more
S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster's office called accusations of state chief executive's improper meddling in the University of South Carolina president's search "preposterous" on Tuesday as accreditors started investigating the school. Read more
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North Charleston among top 50 most affordable places for millennials in U.S., study says
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Ex-West Point leader named president at USC despite protests from campus, big donors
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Celebrated Twin Cities chef to overhaul Bill Murray's restaurants in downtown Charleston
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Gamecocks legend Connor Shaw scratches football itch a year after Furman coaching exit
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Bi-Lo to close another supermarket in Charleston area
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Three people dead, one injured after shootings in North Charleston and Hanahan
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A Citadel graduate died in a training accident. His family and fiancée want answers.
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USC's largest donor wants president vote stopped and search reopened
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Toxic chemicals from firefighting foams could be found at 11 SC military bases
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'Extremely rare' albino alligator at Charleston aquarium has died
Gene Sapakoff column: The hypocrisy on display at college football media events this week was not limited to name, image and likeness chatter. It also included talk about the impact of sports gambling on the mental health of athletes and support for a third full-time assistant baseball coach. Read more
Latest posts in sports
R.J. Keur of Summerville shot 69-68—137 to win the U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifying Tournament played at Colleton River's Dye Course in Bluffton. The former Fort Dorchester High School standout edged Hilton Head's Andrew Orischak by one shot. Read more
South Carolina Gamecock legend Connor Shaw spoke about his staying close to the sport and expectations for Carolina Saturday at his youth camp in Charleston. Read more
There are 45 public fishing reef sites up and down the South Carolina coast. Read more
Former South Carolina pitcher Taylor Widener was mentioned as a possible minor league trade target ahead of the MLB trade deadline. Read more
A Minnesota chef credited with pioneering the farm-to-table movement in St. Paul is relocating to Charleston to help overhaul three restaurants jointly owned by Bill Murray and Bill Veeck, according to Minneapolis media reports. Read more
VIP Bistro late last year opened in that plain-looking Meeting Street complex hard by the Ravenel Bridge exit ramp, which for six years has been anchored by Local 616. Read more
Anthony Mirisciotta, 36, has long loved fresh produce and small farmers, which helps explain why he sees his new job as GrowFood Carolina’s second-ever general manager as a dream gig. Read more
Because my husband and I live in America, it didn’t immediately dawn on us that the car we rented in Sardinia was enormous. Read more
In one of the summer’s least surprising developments, The Neighborhood Dining Group today announced it plans to close McCrady’s Tavern at the end of the month. Read more
Maura Griffin lives in downtown Charleston. Read more
At some point, there’s no “fix” for flooding whether it’s from a 1,000-year downpour or sea rise. So you have to work with what you’ve got -- at every level from households to big business and government. Read more
A Charleston duo got to sing to NASA astronauts. Read more
What's happening in Charleston this weekend? Read more
Columbia's Papa Jazz record store is celebrating its 40th year in July.
Carolina Youth Action Project's Rock Camp took place July 15-19 at the Palmetto Scholars Academy in North Charleston. Read more
