Coverage of timely local, regional, and breaking news in Beaufort County and the South Carolina Lowcountry. Includes community updates, government decisions, public safety alerts, traffic and weather impacts, and key issues shaping life in Beaufort, Port Royal, Lady’s Island, St. Helena Island, and surrounding Sea Islands. Designed for residents and visitors seeking authoritative, hyperlocal journalism from Beaufort’s newspaper of record.
Living history will return to Beaufort on Wednesday, July 1 as renowned Shakespearean actor and historian GregRobin Smith will visit the Lowcountry in his capacity as Benjamin Franklin in celebration of Carolina Days and the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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After more than a decade on Beaufort’s downtown waterfront, DragonBoat Beaufort’s annual Race Day is charting a new course.
DragonBoat Beaufort races into Port Royal for 13th annual event Read More »
The heat was thick in the tidal creeks on St. Helena Island on the morning of Saturday, June 13. The pluff mud was thicker. Neither was any kind of deterrent for the more than 50 volunteers who came to take part in capturing diamondback terrapins as part of the field work for an ongoing conservation study.
Former City of Beaufort Public Information Officer Ashley Brandon is publicly defending her role in the release of more than 9,000 unredacted public records as the city continues an independent investigation into the disclosure.
Former Beaufort PIO defends role in unredacted FOIA release Read More »
Registered voters in the City of Beaufort who are interested in serving in local government in an elected capacity have the opportunity to run for City Council this fall. Filing will open at noon on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
Filing for Beaufort City Council opens at noon on July 1 Read More »
Beaufort Memorial is expanding access to respiratory healthcare and lung services in Beaufort, welcoming a board-certified physician assistant to its Pulmonary Specialists team, according to a media release.
Physician assistant joins Beaufort Memorial Pulmonary Specialists Read More »
Staff reports Beaufort Memorial is enhancing access to cardiac care throughout the Lowcountry with the addition of a board-certified, fellowship-trained interventional cardiologist serving patients in Beaufort and Okatie, according to
Beaufort Memorial adds interventional cardiologist Read More »
In the state’s most competitive congressional race, a former chief of the Navy Reserve and a Charleston County councilwoman will face off for the coastal 1st District in November.
Retired Navy admiral, Charleston attorney advance in SC’s 1st District runoffs Read More »
Joshua Hower won the Republican primary runoff for Beaufort County Council’s District 5 seat Tuesday, June 23, defeating Mary Jeans Otto and securing a place on the November general election ballot.
Hower wins Republican primary runoff for County Council District 5 Read More »
