Body found behind Beaufort business Thursday morning
Beaufort Police are investigating after a body was found behind a business on Salem Road Thursday morning.
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Early voting underway in U.S. Senate Republican runoff
Beaufort County voters who want to cast their ballots early in the special Republican U.S. Senate primary runoff have through Friday, Aug. 21, to do so before Election Day on Tuesday.
The Aug. 25 runoff will determine whether Darline Graham or U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman becomes the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Burton firefighters head to help battle large Winnsboro blaze
At 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 17, a crew from the Burton Fire District headed north to Winnsboro, S.C.., to assist in combating the massive industrial fire at the 650,000-square-foot MLily mattress manufacturing plant.
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Drainage project update: Craven Street re-opens for traffic
Temporary base paving and striping on Craven Street was completed earlier this week, allowing the street to be re-opened to traffic.
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Filing closes for Beaufort City Council, school board races
The fields are set for several local races that will appear on ballots this November after filing closed at noon Monday, Aug. 17, for Beaufort City Council and seats on the Beaufort County Board of Education.
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Sen. Darline Graham to hold Beaufort meet-and-greet ahead of GOP runoff
U.S. Sen. Darline Graham will make a campaign stop in Beaufort on Sunday, Aug. 23, just two days before South Carolina Republican voters return to the polls to decide who will become the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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Beaufort Digital Corridor to celebrate a milestone
The Beaufort Digital Corridor (BDC) will mark 10 years of growing the region’s tech and startup economy with a milestone anniversary celebration on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the BDC’s BASEcamp facility in downtown Beaufort.
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Beaufort’s Elizabeth Foster honored by ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union named Beaufort Academy graduate Elizabeth Foster its inaugural Next Generation Leader in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties during its biennial awards ceremony July 24 in Washington D.C.
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Loving her like a sister: Beaufort’s Rotary clubs again reach out to help sister city of Ostroh — this time with water tower
Beaufort’s three Rotary clubs have launched a campaign to raise $20,000 to replace a failing water tower that provides clean drinking water to approximately 15,000 residents of Beaufort’s sister city of Ostroh.
Beaufort County to mark 500 years of Santa Elena history
Five hundred years ago this month, two Spanish ships entered what is now Port Royal Sound and placed names on European charts that remain part of the Lowcountry today.
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