N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue derides federal budget
N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue says the federal budget proposal unveiled by the GOP in Congress this week could decimate the way states pay for health care for their poorest residents.The 2012 budget...
View ArticleState Supreme Court takes up disputed Atlantic Beach election
It is now up to the state Supreme Court to decide whether two write-in candidates should be seated as Atlantic Beach Town Council members. Attorneys on both sides of the case presented their oral...
View ArticleParents tell Georgetown County school board to keep middle school sports
A sports program likely won't be getting cut from Georgetown County middle schools.The program was one of several proposed to be cut from the district's more than $60million budget at a recent school...
View ArticleIssac Bailey | Fallen S.C. troops honored
A reminder.Kristopher D. Chapleau will be honored today by the S.C. General Assembly in Columbia along with 14 others during an annual observance begun in 2006 by S.C. Sen. Jake Knotts.Chapleau was...
View ArticleChild left behind on field trip to Myrtle Beach
School officials are saying protocol was not followed during a recent field trip to Myrtle Beach for students at R.B. Dean Elementary School, during which a 6-year-old student was left behind.Phillip...
View ArticleCost of driving creeps higher in S.C.
S.C. motorists can expect to pay more than ever this year to drive a car, with the average driver shelling out an extra $825 over last year."When you own a car, it's not just your driving costs," said...
View ArticlePolice roundup | ATM thefts in state include Pawleys Island
PoliceGEORGETOWN COUNTYATM thefts in state include Pawleys
View ArticleThe Horry County Cemetery Project honored at council meeting
The Horry County Cemetery Project was recognized as the winner of the 2011 South Carolina Archeological Stewardship Award at Tuesday's Horry County Council meeting.Michael Bedenbaugh, executive...
View ArticleCause found in North Myrtle Beach gas station explosion and fire
The North Myrtle Beach Fire Department has determined that a gas leak caused the explosion and fire at a North Myrtle Beach gas station Sunday night.A large fire resulted from an explosion and burned...
View ArticleThousands of starfish wind up on beach in Pawleys Island
It wasn't pollution or radiation from Japan that caused thousands of starfish to wash up on the shores of Pawleys Island on Monday night.The answer is much simpler, said Phil Maier, spokesman for the...
View ArticlePolice: Man sought in triple Myrtle Beach stabbing arrested
A 46-year-old man wanted on charges in connection with the stabbing of three men in Myrtle Beach has been arrested, according to authorities.Details about the arrest of Grover Douglas Haney were not...
View ArticleMyrtle Beach residents could face higher utility fees, no tax increase next year
PINOPOLIS | Myrtle Beach residents would not face a higher property tax rate, but would pay more in utility fees next year under a proposed budget the city is discussing this morning during its budget...
View ArticleMyrtle Beach's Ocean Boulevard getting a makeover
Better pay attention next time you drive along part of Ocean Boulevard.The section from 13th Avenue North to 31st Avenue North is getting a makeover, going from four lanes to two lanes with an...
View ArticleSenator: Blacks can celebrate Civil War
With a Confederate flag in hand, a black S.C. state senator said Thursday that blacks have cause to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, and he hopes discussions over the next four years...
View ArticleCongress short on deal
The threat of a Saturday morning federal shutdown grew more likely Thursday as White House and congressional budget negotiators failed to seal a deal to keep the government open.President Obama, House...
View ArticleWikiLeaks cables: U.S. took softer line on Libya
Dozens of confidential and secret cables sent in recent years by the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli to the State Department describe a softer and gentler Libya that Americans following the bloody crisis there...
View ArticleTax bill would reduce benefit
S.C. legislators want to give employers a break on their unemployment insurance taxes by slashing jobless benefits by 20 percent next year.State Sen. Kevin Bryant, an Anderson Republican, unveiled his...
View ArticleGovernor hopes law ends local legislation
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley signed a law Thursday that she vetoed two months ago after it was expanded to affect the entire state, not just one county.The measure by Rep. Roland Smith started out as...
View ArticleJudge cuts fees in Santee Cooper lawsuit
Lawyers representing several landowners who fought Santee Cooper over flooding caused by a hydroelectric plant that went into operation in 1985 north of St. Stephen will get a fraction of the $88...
View ArticleFormer Clemson players buy condos next to USC stadium
Two former Clemson football players have teamed up for what they think is a "home run" real estate investment deal, buying more than two dozen condominiums in the shadow of USC's Williams-Brice...
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