Motorists statewide are now paying 24 cents a gallon to help fund road and bridge projects. 

For the past few years, developers have painstakingly planned out every detail of the property, down to the soap dishes in the guest rooms to introduce Emeline into Charleston's increasingly competitive high-end hospitality market. 

Hunting Island State Park is now offering reservations to climb its lighthouse and has resumed tours to St. Phillips Island. 

Charleston International Airport will see nearly 500 more outbound flights in July than it did in June as airlines begin to bring back some of the service offered before the coronavirus outbreak. The numbers aren't close to last year's figures, but airport officials call them promising and moving in the right direction.

Sitting in front of a Zoom background of Waterfront Park's famous Pineapple Fountain, Explore Charleston Board Chair Michael Tall kicked off what he described as the "most inexpensive luncheon" the group has ever hosted. 

Whatever is built there will be one of the first things people see when they come from West Ashley onto the peninsula. It's the first major construction project in Charleston to come forward for virtual review during the coronavirus pandemic.

Charleston had intentions of reinstating the required exam if it prevailed. But in an opinion released Thursday, a judge wrote that the city's rules "undoubtedly burden protected speech."

As many as 575 hotels closed during the pandemic, about half the state's lodging inventory. But, by late April, as more restrictions were lifted, the tide started to turn, and the list of reopening hotels began to grow. 

Silver Airways, set to offer new service between Charleston and several Florida cities in May and then June, has postponed flights from the Lowcountry indefinitely because of the coronavirus. 

A hotel project near the base of the Ashley River Bridge is hoping to take a step forward next week when a city board reviews its proposed design.

United and American airlines will boost the number of flights serving Charleston in July as travel demand returns following the height of the coronavirus lockdown in the spring.

For the last several weeks, more properties have been bringing workers back from furlough. But layoffs are still coming. 

American Airlines will add more flights to serve Charleston in July as demand for travel picked up in late May. 

Ferry tours to the fort will be allowed to resume with "limited capacity," on Friday, according to the National Park Service. 

Just before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Charleston tourism was on a streak of growth that kept raising the bar higher each year.

For Lowcountry locals looking to take a getaway without going far away, it's a buyer's market right now. 

After seeing occupancy rates drop into the single digits in some parts of the state this spring because of coronavirus, the latest hotel numbers didn't look all that bad.

Every weekend since they reopened, a day with decent weather was pretty much a guarantee that multiple parks would hit capacity and have to close throughout the day.

Charleston International Airport is currently operating at about 10 percent of its normal passenger levels during the coronavirus health crisis. For its new budget year beginning in July, the state's busiest terminal believes it will see 40 percent of the 5.2 million people it originally projected would fly over the 12 months ending in June 2021. Among those not bringing in passengers this year will be British Airways. The London-based carrier canceled its nonstop, transatlantic flights between Charleston and London this year because of the virus.

Travelers trickling back into Charleston International and other airports across the nation after passenger levels dropped by more than 95 percent during the height of pandemic lockdown will encounter several changes at TSA checkpoints.

A sprawling waterfront development planned for land held by the museum may be coming a little later than expected.

The case has pitted the city against a free speech group that alleges the city has violated free speech rights with its eligibility rules for tour guides. 

South Carolina's tourism sector is rolling out a new marketing campaign Friday, but travelers won't be told to hit the road just yet.

A dispute over Charleston's tour guide licensing policy is getting another day in court, this time remotely because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.