‘We are under siege’
From The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets on Feb. 7, 2026: “Trump shares racist video depicting the Obamas as monkeys.” This from the President of the United States. […]
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Bull in the China shop?
By Louise Mathews In the movie, “Casablanca,” Vichy French Captain Renault closes Rick’s Café on the orders of the Nazi Major Strasser. When Rick asks his friend why he is
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Breezes can blow stress away
By Doug Pugh Once, I was a farmer working in the great outdoors, able to move with the breeze into open spaces. I had time then to pause and listen
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Columbia starts to feel the heat
By Bill Rauch There was some good news last week for those who are concerned about the Colleton County data center steamroller. The political heat being generated down here in
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Beaufort City Council to vote on social media comment policy Tuesday night
By Delayna Earley The Island News Beaufort City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday night on whether to adopt formal rules governing public comments on the city’s official social media
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This Week In History: Lincoln authorizes Beaufort National Cemetery
In a letter bearing the date Feb. 10, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln authorizes that part of a 64-acre tract known as Polly’s Grove Plantation be used for Beaufort National Cemetery. The land had been acquired by U.S. Army Gen. David Hunter for $75 at an 1863 tax sale of properties confiscated by the federal government. After the Civil War, 29 acres of the parcel was retained for the cemetery.
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USCB partners to measure salt marsh change in Port Royal Sound
Knee-deep in pluff mud, racing the tide, and hauling lumber across salt marsh — this isn’t a typical day in the classroom. But for USC Beaufort marine biologist Tye Pettay, staff from the Port Royal Sound Foundation and USCB students Jude Roman and Clayton Newton, it’s exactly where learning comes alive.
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BCSO deputy suspended without pay after pointing gun at unarmed teenagers
On Monday, Sept, 29, many in Beaufort, S.C. woke to a now-viral video being shared across social media that, for many in the comments, caused shock and anger.
The video showed a man, who we now know is an off-duty deputy with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO), approaching several young teenage boys while pointing his gun at them and screaming for them to get on the ground.
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Ridgeland rejects Tickton Hall annexation
It is Thursday, Sept. 18, and I’m sitting in a wood-paneled room in Ridgeland, S.C. It is 8 p.m., and most of the 35 other people in this small, jammed-packed room are jubilant; happy because the Ridgeland Town Council has just voted, 4-1, to reject the proposed annexation, proposed rezoning and proposed development agreement presented by Tickton Hall Investments, LLC; Euhaw Holdings, LLC; Tickton Hall Holdings LLC; and Pepper Hall LLC.
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