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.
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.
Early voting underway in U.S. Senate Republican runoff Read More »
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.
Burton firefighters head to help battle large Winnsboro blaze Read More »
Temporary base paving and striping on Craven Street was completed earlier this week, allowing the street to be re-opened to traffic.
Drainage project update: Craven Street re-opens for traffic Read More »
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.
Filing closes for Beaufort City Council, school board races Read More »
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.
Sen. Darline Graham to hold Beaufort meet-and-greet ahead of GOP runoff Read More »
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.
Beaufort Digital Corridor to celebrate a milestone Read More »
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.
Beaufort’s Elizabeth Foster honored by ACLU Read More »
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.
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.
Beaufort County to mark 500 years of Santa Elena history Read More »
Another round of dangerous heat has settled over Beaufort County, with temperatures pushing 100 degrees and heat index values climbing well above 110 as the Lowcountry enters another week of extreme heat.
Extreme Heat Warning returns to Beaufort as temperatures push 100 Read More »
