Beaufort Water Festival returns Friday
The Beaufort Water Festival returns Friday for its 70th annual celebration, bringing 10 days of concerts, family activities, sporting events and longtime Lowcountry traditions to downtown Beaufort.
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Pulling for the USA
Die-hard fans of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team react after the USA scored to tie the game at 1 against Belgium on Monday night, July 6, 2026, at Carolina Tavern in Port Royal.
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Beaufort Water Festival returns Friday
The Beaufort Water Festival returns Friday for its 70th annual celebration, bringing 10 days of…
New trailer now in reach for ‘Beaufort’s greeter’
The initial response to the Friends of Tom Allen GoFundMe page was overwhelming, thanks in…
Red, white and babies!
Four Independence Day arrivals made their appearance alongside the fireworks on July 4 at the…
Pulling for the USA
Die-hard fans of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team react after the USA scored to…
Celebrating 250: July 4 Fireworks at The Sands
People were gathered at The Sands on Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Port Royal, to…
Hoppin’ John Play Center celebrates grand opening
Hoppin’ John Play Center, a new indoor play destination for children ages 8 and younger,…
Photos: Two Father’s Day gifts
Two sweet arrivals made their first appearance at the Beaufort Memorial Collins Birthing Center on…
Photos: Rotary honors Nick Hunt
Wednesday, June 24 was “Nick Hunt Day” at the Rotary Club of Beaufort meeting.
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Commentary & Voices
ACE Basin data center fight takes shape
By Bill Rauch The 859-acre data center complex proposed by developers to be built east of I-95 at the headwaters of the Ashepoo River outside Walterboro, if it goes forward, will be the gravest threat to the ACE Basin in its relatively short history.The proposed complex would be built off Cooks Hill Road on a Weyerhauser timber tract that is…
Ridgeland rejects Tickton Hall annexation
It is Thursday, Sept. 18, and I’m sitting in a wood-paneled room in Ridgeland, S.C. It is 8 p.m., and most of the 35 other people in this small, jammed-packed room are jubilant; happy because the Ridgeland Town Council has just voted, 4-1, to reject the proposed annexation, proposed rezoning and proposed development agreement presented by Tickton Hall Investments, LLC;…
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july 2, 2026