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.
Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman is making an unexpected stop in Port Royal on Monday, Nov. 2, bringing his Celebration of Freedom of Speech Tour to ShellRing Ale Works for a show that has already generated plenty of excitement among local residents.
Afroman brings freedom of speech tour to Port Royal Monday night Read More »
The Island News has added another veteran reporter to its staff. This one has worked for The Island News previously.
The Island News hires reporter Kukulich Read More »
A man was found dead inside a vehicle near the Beaufort waterfront Saturday morning, Oct. 31, after a family noticed he was not moving and contacted police, according to a witness at the scene.
The Beaufort Police Department responded to the parking lot near the playground at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park, where the man was found inside a gray Jeep Renegade bearing a Florida license plate.
Woman found dead inside vehicle at Beaufort waterfront Read More »
Voters in Beaufort and Jasper counties will help choose South Carolina’s next governor, a U.S. senator and members of Congress on Tuesday, Nov. 3, while deciding local races that will shape law enforcement, public schools, county finances and growth across the Lowcountry.
South Carolina voters will choose a state superintendent of education Nov. 3, with candidates seeking to lead the agency responsible for overseeing public education across the state.
ELECTION 2026: Wright outlines plans for South Carolina public education Read More »
South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond is seeking another four-year term in the Nov. 3 general election, emphasizing improvements to online government services, protections for charitable donors and continued modernization of his office.
South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis is seeking a fifth term in the Nov. 3 general election, pointing to investment earnings, debt management and the return of unclaimed property as priorities for the office.
South Carolina voters will choose a comptroller general Nov. 3, with two candidates offering different approaches to ensuring the accuracy of the state’s financial records, overseeing payments and making government spending more transparent.
For the first time in more than two decades, South Carolina voters will elect a new commissioner of agriculture when they head to the polls Nov. 3.
ELECTION 2026: Four candidates seek South Carolina agriculture commissioner seat Read More »
Voters in Beaufort County will choose their representatives in the South Carolina State House on Nov. 3, with candidates in Districts 121 and 124 offering different approaches to rising household costs, education, health care, energy policy and managing the continued growth of the Lowcountry.
ELECTION 2026: State House candidates lay out different paths for Lowcountry Read More »
