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Hampton County’s Fiscal Year Ending 2025 budget includes what the administration described as “significant puts and takes” among the various county departments. The FY 2025 budget, approved June 17, included increases in some areas, such as administration, Fire and EMS, finance, and contractual services, and decreases in other areas, such as public safety departments that include E911, Central Dispatch, Hampton County Sheriff’s Office and Court Security.

Hampton County Council recently approved a “bare-bones” budget which includes a long-term debt payoff and capital reserve plan that the administration says positions Hampton County to overcome its current financial challenges. After a series of budget workshops attended by the administration and department heads, Hampton County Council gave...

PUBLIC NOTICE Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. ("Dominion Energy South Carolina" or "Company") is making Application to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina on or about August 23, 2024, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Necessity ("Certificate") to construct and operate two new 230 kilovolt ("kV") transmission lines and associated facilities that will be located in Colleton and Hampton Counties, South Carolina. The new 230 kV transmission lines and associated facilities are critical to the operational integrity in the southern portion of its service area and necessary to ensure that Dominion Energy South Carolina remains in compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation Transmission Planning Standards and the Company's own Long Range Planning Criteria. This project is required for the prevention of future potential System Operating Limit violations on the Company's transmission system and to continue providing reliable electrical power to the greater Charleston area. This Application is in accordance with the Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976, Chapter 33, Title 58, as amended, entitled the "Utility Facility Siting and Environmental Protection Act." Copies of the Application will be available for public review at the following location: Public Service Commission of South Carolina Clerk's Office 101 Executive Center Drive Columbia, South Carolina 29210 Any person wishing to comment on the Application or obtain additional information with regard thereto should contact in writing the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 100, Columbia, South Carolina 29210, with a copy to K. Chad Burgess and Elizabeth L. Hutton, Dominion Energy Services, Inc., 220 Operation Way, MC OSC 1A, Cayce, South Carolina 29033. AD # 2074237.

HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. — Above video: Your Wednesday headlines. A pedestrian has died days after being struck by a vehicle in Hampton County. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the pedestrian was struck by a car July 4 around 11:39 p.m. on U.S. 321 at Watson Road. The...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nine years after 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found lying in the middle of Sandy Run Road in Hampton County with a gruesome head wound, agents of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) continue to investigate his still-unsolved homicide. Smith’s body was discovered...

HAMPTON COUNTY, Sc. (WTOC) - A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in Hampton County on the 4th of July. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the crash happened just before midnight on US 321 north of Estill. Troopers say a pedestrian was trying to cross the...

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a July 4 car versus pedestrian incident which resulted in the death of a Hampton County man five days later. Hampton County emergency responders and the S.C. Highway Patrol responded to a car versus pedestrian incident that occurred around 11:39 p.m. on July 4 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 321 and Watson Road, approximately one mile north of Estill in southern Hampton County.

​Hampton County voters and taxpayers are being asked to turn out for an above average number of special elections this year – and they will have to pay for those elections as well, which are proving costly to county coffers in 2024. After a pair of special primaries in...

Organizers say that Hampton County's 82nd Watermelon Festival will officially go down in the history books as a successful event that left a positive impact on the community. The festival, which featured more than a dozen events scattered around the county June 15-22, drew large crowds and growing community and sponsor support. Even the summer weather cooperated!

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...

According to May 2024 statistics from the Center for American Women and Politics, of the 1,616 mayors and officials who perform mayoral functions of U.S. cities and towns with populations over 30,000, only 433, or 26.8 percent, were women, with even fewer women in office in smaller towns. Four of...

HAMPTON — Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, has sued seven media companies and a newspaper editor, alleging he was defamed by comments included in television programs about his family’s scandals, The Post and Courier newspaper of Charleston has reported. Filed June 14, the lawsuit...

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 events - RHartdegen@gannett.com. Jasper County events - kmurdaugh@blufftontoday.com. Hampton...

When visitors to Hampton County exit Interstate 95 in Yemassee, they won't be turning off at just another numbered exit, they will be traveling an interchange named after a decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer and community leader. On Friday, June 14, local and state officials held a historic dedication ceremony...

The 82nd annual Hampton County Watermelon Festival drew thousands of supporters and visitors this year - both in person and online. The eight-day festival, with more than a dozen individual events, drew crowds that ranged from the dozens and hundreds to the thousands, with many more clicking the Internet or social media to watch or learn more.

Did you know that there were four confirmed human trafficking incidents reported in small, rural Hampton County in 2023? And six in Jasper County, another eight in Beaufort County?. In all, 24 cases of human trafficking were reported in Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties last year, according to the...

In this article, The Medical Experts @ The Health Standard, share their expert insights of the findings and provide Virginia residents with evidence-based recommendations for protecting their health. Why This Matters to You. A groundbreaking study from the UK Biobank reveals that not all plant-based foods are created equal when...