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As Charleston dries out from the latest swamping storm to drown the city, officials are looking to an age-old weapon to help combat an ever-present threat from flooding fueled by climate change. Read more
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Andrew Mukuba chose Clemson over offers from Alabama, Auburn, Texas and others.
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City intends to release up to $200,000 in grants
The city's Department of Housing and Community Development intends to release up to $200,000 in grants this summer to 20 homeowners to help them build apartments above their garages or in the yards behind their homes.
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Charleston Coffee Roasters is spending $2.2 million on new equipment and a larger facility while increasing its workforce to 52 people.
A South Carolina-based rental housing behemoth has scraped together a sizable chunk of dry powder to apply on the other side of the Atlantic.
June 30 is the deadline to apply for a COVID hardship forbearance on mortgage loans.
Real-time stats and the latest news on the coronavirus outbreak in SC and beyond, compiled by our reporters and editors. Read more
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A project spearheaded by Clemson University's Warren Lasch Conservation Center, located on the former Charleston Naval Base, will ensure the fragile canoe can be preserved. The conservation team is seeking guidance from representatives of South Carolina's many Native tribes.
Just ahead of Father's Day, an S.C. native pays tribute to his own dad in a film made at his family's Sumter home.Â
Last year, members of the Charleston area's Travel Council logged onto their computers to participate in a virtual version of their annual meeting. Read more
Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins quietly fired five firefighters, including a battalion chief, last month after an internal investigation into sexual misconduct at one station, The Post and Courier has learned. Read more
The city of Greenville declined to order fireworks for this summer after uncertainty over COVID-19 in spring. Now too many cities are placing orders and competing for limited supply. Read more
The Myrtle Beach International Airport hired Sue Stevens, former executive director of Charleston International, as a consultant in 2020 and she played a "crucial role" in Southwest Airlines starting its flights out of MYR. Read more
As Charleston dries out from the latest swamping storm to drown the city, officials are looking to an age-old weapon to help combat an ever-present threat from flooding fueled by climate change. Read more
The city's Department of Housing and Community Development intends to release up to $200,000 in grants this summer to 20 homeowners to help them build apartments above their garages or in the yards behind their homes. Read more
A magistrate in Chesterfield County dismissed charges against attorney Cody T. Mitchell after a June 1 hearing at the Chesterfield County Central Magistrate’s Office. Read more
An advisory council over the state's Department of Juvenile Justice met June 11, under a cloud of controversy amid claims by employees of absenteeism and incompetence leveled at agency head Freddie Pough. Read more
The same mechanisms that Americans used to protect themselves from the coronavirus also kept them from picking up more benign viruses. But now that they’ve lowered their masks, they’re susceptible to infections that cause them to cough, sneeze and otherwise feel lousy. Read more
Here are some of the first Charleston County high school graduates going to college, at least in part, because of the Ben and Kelly Navarro Meeting Street Scholarship Fund. Read more
As Spoleto wraps up its 2021 season, overview critic Maura Hogan assesses the festival as it reemerges. Read more
