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Camp Lejeune water contamination impacts SC woman and her late husband
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A South Carolina Marine widow who says her husband died from an aggressive cancer years after serving at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is hoping for vindication. The nonprofit organization, Lejeune Empowered Advocacy for Widows, raises awareness for those who may have been affected by the...
Bill aims to protect right whales without harming boating industry
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — "For a year-round economy like Myrtle Beach and South Carolina...this would be devastating." That's what Frank Hugelmeyer, president of the National Marine Manufacturers Association, had to say about a proposal by NOAA that would limit the speed of 35 feet or greater to ten knots or below until they get around 50 miles off the coast, from November through April, to protect the North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes.
McMaster: More work needed on judicial reform
(The Center Square) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster plans to sign a judicial reform bill but called on lawmakers to make further changes, especially around the state's magistrate judges. "I'm going to sign the bill ... because the status quo is unacceptable, and this bill does change a few things," the Republican governor said during a news conference this week to discuss the state's budget. "But I view it only as the first few steps and hope between now and the time that it...
Escaped inmate captured in SC, awaiting extradition back to TN
Escaped inmate Billy Fletcher was captured in Greenville County, S.C., on Thursday evening following a multi-state search into his whereabouts after he walked off a work detail at the Carter County Detention Center. South Carolina authorities took Fletcher into custody after receiving a tip from the public regarding his location. “We are now awaiting Fletcher’s […] The post Escaped inmate captured in SC, awaiting extradition back to TN appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
South Carolina nonprofit assist people displaced in the Caribbean by Hurricane Beryl
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina-based Christian engineering nonprofit, Water Mission, is responding to the destruction that Hurricane Beryl left in the Caribbean. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines) Hurricane Beryl is the earliest recorded category five storm to ever form in the Atlantic Ocean and has caused...
Churches, charities with little track record among nonprofits in line for $90M in SC budget
COLUMBIA — A church-owned retreat in rural Fairfield County, anti-abortion organizations and a pair of after-school boxing programs are among nonprofits receiving taxpayer dollars in the state budget. In total, the Legislature’s budget plan for the fiscal year that started July 1 allocates more than $435 million in one-time...
SCDNR conducts courtesy boat inspections
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will conduct courtesy boat inspections starting 4th of July weekend. SCDNR boating safety and enforcement officers will perform quick but thorough inspections for the required safety equipment and proper boat and motor registrations. Officials say this effort is to keep people and waterways safe […]
Walter Edgar's Journal: How Jewish entrepreneurs built economy and community in Upcountry South Carolina
This week we will be talking with Diane Vecchio about her book, Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers: How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina (2024, USC Press). In the book, Diane examines the diverse economic experiences of Jews who settled in Upcountry (now called Upstate) South Carolina....
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