For about two weeks, firefighters from departments across northern Beaufort County have been using the vacant Port Royal apartment complex for hands-on training ahead of its demolition, giving crews a rare opportunity to practice skills that can be difficult to recreate at a fire station or training facility.
A 28-year-old Marine who was preparing to leave the military and begin a new career as a local firefighter was killed Saturday night in a motor vehicle collision near Laurel Bay and Shanklin roads.
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A former Beaufort Police Department officer who was fired in 2023 has filed a lawsuit against the City of Beaufort and its current and former police chiefs, alleging she was retaliated against, improperly terminated and subjected to investigations that ultimately resulted in no finding of criminal wrongdoing or misconduct against her.
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Beaufort County employees woke up Friday morning without their expected paychecks after an apparent error in the county’s Finance Department delayed payroll.
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Beaufort Police are investigating after a body was found behind a business on Salem Road Thursday morning.
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Nick Pringle is one step closer to his dream of playing in the NBA.
The Seabrook native and Whale Branch alumnus signed with the Brooklyn Nets, his agency announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed, but NBA insiders speculated that Pringle will be on an Exhibit 10 contract — a one-year, non-guaranteed deal — and his next stop is likely to be with Brooklyn’s’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets.
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At 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 17, a crew from the Burton Fire District headed north to Winnsboro, S.C.., to assist in combating the massive industrial fire at the 650,000-square-foot MLily mattress manufacturing plant.
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Three educators from northern Beaufort County schools are among five finalists for the Beaufort County School District’s 2026-27 District Teacher of the Year.
U.S. Sen. Darline Graham will make a campaign stop in Beaufort on Sunday, Aug. 23, just two days before South Carolina Republican voters return to the polls to decide who will become the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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The American Civil Liberties Union named Beaufort Academy graduate Elizabeth Foster its inaugural Next Generation Leader in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties during its biennial awards ceremony July 24 in Washington D.C.
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