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Bryan Stirling to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina
COLUMBIA – Bryan P. Stirling has been appointed as the United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. Stirling took the oath of office before U.S. … more
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S.C. State Parks in Pee Dee, Midlands will install water bottle filling stations thanks to Duke Energy grant
FLORENCE - A $45,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation will support the installation of water bottle refilling stations at 10 South Carolina State Parks in Duke Energy Progress counties in the Pee Dee and Midlands regions. The project will help … more
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South Carolina lawmakers consider a nearly $18,000 pay raise
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has voted what is effectively an $18,000-a-year pay raise into the state's spending plan for the next budget year. Republican Sen. Shane Martin … more
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Republican Nancy Mace fields concerns over university funding during South Carolina town hall
DATAW ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace faced criticism over the legal wrangling concerning universities and allegations of antisemitism during a town hall at a private, gated … more
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South Carolina Senate votes to remove state treasurer over $1.8B accounting error
COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina's Republican-dominated Senate voted 33-8 on Monday to kick the Republican treasurer out of office over a $1.8 billion accounting error. It will now be up to the … more
DPH celebrates 10 years of growing access to fresh produce through fruit and vegetable outlet inventory
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Fruit and Vegetable Outlet Inventory (FVOI), https://gis.dhec.sc.gov/farmersMarkets/, … more
South Carolina ETV and Public Radio commemorates the 10-year anniversary of Mother Emanuel AME tragedy with special programs
By SOUTH CAROLINA ETV COLUMBIA - South Carolina ETV and Public Radio will honor the 10-year anniversary of the 2015 tragedy at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston through a series of special programs and community … more
Murdaugh accomplice pleads guilty to wire, bank fraud in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The banker accused of helping disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh hide millions of stolen funds pleaded guilty Friday to federal bank and wire fraud … more
Spring is here, and with it are some hungry bears
With spring and warmer weather arriving, black bears are emerging from their wintering locations, becoming more active and during this time, bears are looking for easy food. The S.C. Department of … more
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South Carolina's highest court dragged into fight over $1.8 billion accounting error
COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina's elected treasurer is asking the state's highest court to stop a hearing later this month to start the process of removing him from office over a $1.8 billion … more
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South Carolina prepares for second firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, a firing squad is set to kill a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state … more
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After years of resisting, South Carolina moves toward hands-free cellphones while driving
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After eight years of trying to persuade his fellow lawmakers in the South Carolina House to require hands-free cellphone use while driving, a little pain might have helped … more
Previous execution reveals how South Carolina will put 2nd inmate to death by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is legally required to keep some protocols secret as it prepares to put a man to death by firing squad for the murder of a public safety officer, but the … more
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South Carolina's highest court refuses to stop second firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing squad later this week for the ambush killing of … more
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Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina Senate committee rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state's top doctor after hours of hearings dominated by the state's response to the … more
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Large South Carolina wildfires contained as teens charged with starting blaze with cigarettes
PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — Two wildfires that started lose to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained, authorities … more
‘Every Day is Earth Day’: S.C. Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) encourages South Carolinians to celebrate S.C.’s natural environment this Earth Month
COLUMBIA, S.C. — April is Earth Month, and the S.C. Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) urges residents to recognize and celebrate how invaluable South Carolina’s natural … more
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A $1.8 billion mistake could cost the South Carolina treasurer his job
COLUMBIA — South Carolina lawmakers are going to try to remove a statewide elected official from office for the first time in the more than two centuries S.C. has been a U.S. state. The … more
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South Carolina's flat tax proposal would initially raise rates for most
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the state battles to adopt the lowest and most attractive tax policies, South Carolina Republicans are making an interesting gambit: they want to raise income taxes for … more
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Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings … more
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