Lowcountry Food Truck Festival returns to Port Royal
In its eighth year of operation, the Lowcountry Food Truck Festival is back from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, April 4, in Port Royal, so bring your appetite.
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Beaufort County schools shift to eLearning Monday as severe winds expected
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3 TCL employees recognized as state association’s ‘Educators of the Year’
USCB awarded grant to advance Sexual Violence Prevention
JSLB hosting 2nd annual Scales & Tails Kids Fishing Tournament
The Junior Service League of Beaufort (JSLB) is hosting its second annual Scales & Tails Kids Fishing Tournament on Saturday, March 28, 2026, from 10 a.m., to noon at The Sands Beach Boardwalk in Port Royal.
Community
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day ceremony
Medal of Honor recipient Maj. Gen. James Livingston, USMC (Ret.), served as guest speaker at…
Third annual Chalk It Up! wraps up a successful weekend
Members of the Beaufort High School National Honor Society were the local middle/high school winners…
Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department again offering Sparking Embers Bootcamp
The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department is once again offering an exclusive…
Scales And Tails
Leandre Ingram of Beaufort used the moment as a hands-on lesson, showing 7-year-old Myles how…
Lowcountry Life: A mama owl keeps watch
Andrea Ogiony photographed this mama Great Horned Owl, who is keeping watch over two owlets…
Veteran of the Week – John Aiello
American Legion Beaufort Post 207 brings you John Aiello, 74, who joined the U.S. Army…
This Week in History: Harriet Keyserling is born
Harriet Keyserling, daughter of Isador Hirschfeld and Pauline Steinberg, is born April 4, 1922, in…
Lowcountry Food Truck Festival returns to Port Royal
In its eighth year of operation, the Lowcountry Food Truck Festival is back from 11…
Obituaries
Robert Beattie
Feb. 3, 1946 — Jan. 16, 2026, Beaufort
Jane Fender
Sep. 17, 1946 — Dec. 21, 2025, Beaufort
Commentary & Voices
Democracy doesn’t fear protest … dictators do
On Saturday, the people of this country rose up in vast numbers to protest. Some 3,300 events (and an early estimate of 8 million people) protested the current administration and all it is doing to bring down our democracy. Make no mistake, the world watched, and some even contributed.
Iran’s “Great Satan” strikes back
Whether or not Iran has enough weapons-grade uranium to imminently attack is not the question. Is a small cancer tumor an imminent threat to a person’s health, or should the medical team wait until it is big enough to actually kill the patient? As it has proven for almost half a century, the Iranian regime is a cancer on the…
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March 26, 2026