Compromise possible following veto of bill that keeps payments to college athletes secret
Consideration of a compromise might enhance public confidence that our legislators are conducting themselves as representatives and not rulers.
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Beaufort County schools shift to eLearning Monday as severe winds expected
Beaufort County School District (BCSD) students will learn from home Monday as forecasters warn of potentially dangerous winds sweeping across the Lowcountry.
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Beaufort County Sheriff PJ Tanner will not seek re-election, to retire at end of term
Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner will not run for re-election and will retire when his term ends after 28 years on Jan. 5, 2027.
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An enchanted isle — St. Phillip’s Island isn’t a resort island, ‘it’s just peace’
“This island has had a special place in my heart from the first day I came here. I didn’t know places like this existed when I came out here and I still see something new every day that reignites my excitement … for us to see this in our lives is pretty special.”
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Beaufort women caught in Israel during missile strikes
Vonna Allen had stepped outside her hotel overlooking the Sea of Galilee to write a letter of prayer to Israel. The women traveling with her had been asked to write prayers and messages of encouragement to the country. Allen carried her paper to a quiet hill near the hotel outside Capernaum, looking across the water as she began to write. Then she heard explosions. “Boom! Boom!”
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Port Royal’s island of repose
Port Royal is now entering its “festival season” — plein air events usually centered on pulled pork barbecue or soft-shelled crabs that come with a “side” of antique Ford Fairlane and handcrafted items made entirely of bottle caps.
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Port Royal passed over for new Coast Guard training center
After months of hope that the long-vacant Naval Hospital property could become a new U.S. Coast Guard training center, local leaders say Beaufort County ultimately lost out when federal officials selected a site in Alabama.
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Health and legal services fair set for March 14 on Lady’s Island
Residents looking for help with health care, legal issues or community resources will have a chance to connect with multiple service providers in one place later this month when a free Health and Legal Services Fair is held in Beaufort.
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Beaufort County woman killed in Charleston County crash
A Beaufort County woman was killed Saturday night, March 7, in a crash along Savannah Highway in Charleston County, according to authorities.
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County Council postpones vote on shooting ordinance
Beaufort County Council postponed a vote Monday night on a proposed ordinance regulating where firearms can be discharged in unincorporated parts of the county, after residents and officials spent more than an hour debating the balance between public safety and property rights.
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