ELECTION 2026: Growth, trust take center stage in County Council races

Candidates outline priorities for Beaufort County’s next four years By Delayna EarleyThe Island News Beaufort County Council candidates are putting growth, infrastructure and government accountability near the top of their priorities as voters prepare to fill council seats in the Nov. 3 general election. The Island News sent questionnaires to candidates seeking County Council seats in Districts 2, 4 and…

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Dolphins down, not out: Woodland hands Battery Creek first loss

The streak is over, but the season is not. Battery Creek’s historic six-game winning streak to open the season ended Friday night, Oct. 9, 2026, as Jervaze Salley threw two touchdown passes and added a rushing score to lead visiting Woodland to a 24-14 win in a key Region 5-2A…
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Community

Andersen–Michelsen

The engagement of Michael James Drummond Andersen, of Beaufort, S.C., formerly of Fairfax, Va., and…

Walk For Water 2026

The annual Walk For Water event was held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 at Live Oaks…

Girls In Aviation Day

Pilot Ann Lockwood talks with the Loria family about future opportunities in aviation during the…

Obituaries

May Crockett

May Mazyck Rosenblath Crockett, age 92 of Beaufort, S.C. passed away on Thursday, July 9,…

Mike Rainey

Lt. Col. Michael “Irish” Rainey, USMC (Ret.), born in Carlisle, Pa., passed away peacefully in…
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Commentary & Voices

de l’Aigle: Bearing witness, inspiring joy

Yesterday, I walked around the twisted remains of the 300-year-old Witness Tree that collapsed on the evening of Aug. 31 into the morning of Sept. 1 across from the Pat Conroy Literary Center. The first feeling I got was very heavy, but soon I found myself in awe of this amazing work of biological engineering.
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October 7, 2026

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