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Beaufort Food Lion has beef recall due to ‘foreign material’
BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – Food Lion is notifying customers of its store located at 10 Sams Point Road in Beaufort of a recall involving two varieties of in-store prepared ground beef. This recall affects the 73% Fresh Ground Beef (all sizes) and the 80% Fresh Ground Chuck (all sizes) products. Customers may have last purchased […]
Teenaged Novelist Thompson Headlines Open Mic Night
Prior to Thompson’s featured reading, Open Mic Night will also feature short readings of 3 to 5 minutes each by other local writers in many genres. The program is free to attend and will be live-streamed on the Conroy Center’s Facebook page. Writers interested in reading from their work during Open Mic should contact the Conroy Center in advance to sign up: contact@patconroyliterarycenter.org.
‘Trial Watchers’ Authors Hold Book Events
For those in the Low Country interested in why people put their lives on hold to watch the Alex Murdaugh trial and others – a new book tackles this topic and more, and you’ll have three upcoming chances to meet the authors:. Friday, July 12th from 12 -4...
Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee
The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with Jo Angela Edwins, Poet Laureate of the Pee Dee and author of A Dangerous Heaven, on Saturday, July 13, at 5:00 p.m., at the Conroy Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort). Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing. Please call to reserve your seat in advance: 843-379-7025.
Sea Turtles Everywhere: Hunting Island records 100th nest of season
The Hunting Island Sea Turtle Conservation Project recorded its 100th nest of the 2024 sea turtle nesting season on Monday morning, July 1st. That’s quite a lot of nests signaling an average to above average nesting season this year, and many a sea turtle on Hunting Island. On Monday,...
Filing now open for Beaufort mayoral and city council seats
BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – City of Beaufort residents interested in serving in local elected government have the opportunity to run for City Council this fall. Currently, there are three seats open on the ballot for the November election. Those three seats are the mayoral seat as well as two council seats. Qualified candidates can declare […]
Hilton Head town officials talk about Highway 278 project
HILTON HEAD, Sc. (WTOC) - Although Hilton Head Town Council approved the 278 projects, they are still years away before seeing any changes. Because the project is a three-way effort with the South Carolina Department of Transportation and Beaufort County, there are a lot more eyes on it. On Friday, the town approved an agreement that tells Beaufort County how the project should look, as well as what needs to be considered.
Lowcountry Calendar of Events for Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton County areas
For events, festivals and other community happenings in Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties, and around the Lowcountry, check out our Lowcountry Calendar of Events. If you have an open-to-the-public event you would like to announce, submit by email to:. Bluffton/Beaufort County/Jasper County events - kmurdaugh@blufftontoday.com. Hampton County, greater Lowcountry events...
Beaufort County Schools starting cell phone ban in August
BEAUFORT, S.C. (WSAV) – Public school students in South Carolina will be a little less connected this coming school year, that’s after the state barred cell phone use in schools throughout the Palmetto State. The clause was one of a number of funding stipulations that a committee approved during days of negotiations on the state’s […]
Legislature earmarks $300K for Richland County employee’s nonprofit despite few details
Outside of the normal budget process, the South Carolina has set aside $300,000 for a foundation with little track record, founded by a Richland County employee, to run an ambitious program to provide arts education and address food insecurity.
SC technology hub gets $45 million in federal money for energy projects
COLUMBIA — A conglomerate of South Carolina colleges, a federal nuclear research laboratory and the state’s economic development agency won a $45 million federal grant to establish a technology hub focused on developing new energy technologies. The hub, known as SC Nexus, was one of just a dozen federally recognized tech hubs awarded federal funding […] The post SC technology hub gets $45 million in federal money for energy projects appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
South Carolina to start multimillion-dollar forensic review of $1.8B outlay
(The Center Square) — A South Carolina taxpayer-funded forensic accounting review could soon answer questions about roughly $1.8 billion officials found in a state account. On Oct. 31, 2023, South Carolina Comptroller General Brian Gaines sent a letter to South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis, directing Loftis to research the account's origins. It marked the start of a months-long Senate investigation that exposed what a Senate Finance Committee Constitutional Subcommittee report...
Vehicle of missing person located, investigation into missing man and escaped inmate continues
A vehicle associated with a missing person report has been located in South Carolina, and the investigation into the missing person and an escaped Carter County inmate is continuing. “We are investigating both cases aggressively,” said Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley. “We are continuing to work hundreds of tips we have received and filter through […] The post Vehicle of missing person located, investigation into missing man and escaped inmate continues appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
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