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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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.
Port Royal passed over for new Coast Guard training center Read More »
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.
Health and legal services fair set for March 14 on Lady’s Island Read More »
A Beaufort County woman was killed Saturday night, March 7, in a crash along Savannah Highway in Charleston County, according to authorities.
Beaufort County woman killed in Charleston County crash Read More »
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.
County Council postpones vote on shooting ordinance Read More »
In the middle of a major effort to reduce flooding in downtown Beaufort, someone slipped into a fenced construction area near Waterfront Park late Friday or early Saturday and shut down equipment keeping the work site dry, the second such incident in recent weeks.
Police investigate breach at downtown Beaufort construction site Read More »
The South Carolina High School League could stay intact, though with more oversight, under a bill the House passed Tuesday, March 3.
SC House agrees to keep SCHSL in place with more oversight Read More »
A Beaufort County judge has ruled that a historic Gullah Geechee cemetery on St. Helena Island must remain accessible for burials and cleanup days while a broader legal battle over permanent access plays out in court.
A “big, beautiful” but temporary chain-link fence proposed by chairman of the Freedman Arts District Dick Stewart just may become a reality … eventually.
Lowcountry Lowdown: Waterfront Park temporary fence offer still on table Read More »
Nearly five months after gunfire erupted at a crowded alumni gathering outside Willie’s Bar and Grill, a second survivor has filed a civil lawsuit alleging the bar’s operator illegally overserved alcohol and failed to protect patrons from a foreseeable act of violence.
Second survivor of St. Helena mass shooting files lawsuit against Willie’s Read More »
