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From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry College will start a career-readiness program called Degree Plus backed by close to $500,000 in first-year funding the U.S. Department of Education awarded, money that opens a five-year federal grant projected to reach $1.7 million. The award comes through the department Strengthening Institutions Program. Degree Plus…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — College-bound high school seniors anywhere in South Carolina can now apply for as much as $10,000 toward their first year of college, after the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund opened its application to every county for the 2027-28 school year on Monday. This is the first year the…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is on track for an estimated $18 million surplus in the Education Improvement Act money that pays for many state school programs, and the Education Oversight Committee is using the cushion as a reason to ask hard questions about what those programs deliver. The committee…
Events
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. — Property owners with questions about their tax assessments can sit down with Beaufort County Assessor staff at four library branches over the coming weeks, and the next walk-in day is Tuesday, Nov. 10, on Hilton Head Island. Each day runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and…
Events
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Three Beaufort County government buildings in Beaufort are shining green every night this month as the county joins a national salute to veterans ahead of Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11. At the County Plaza, the courthouse, the Arthur Horne Building and the county's Administration Building will…
From HERE Chapin
CHAPIN, S.C. — Chapin will honor its veterans on the eve of Veterans Day with a Salute to Veterans program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. The ceremony will be held at 101 East Boundary St., the home of Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church. American Legion Post 193 of Chapin is…
From HERE Florence
FLORENCE, S.C. — MUSC Health leaders cut the ribbon Monday on a new west Florence medical center that puts emergency care and walk-in urgent care in a single building, a first for the Pee Dee region. The center is a joint project of Intuitive Health and the Florence hospital run…
From Merger Monday
SPECIAL REPORT Anthropic PBC is about to ask public investors for more money than almost any company has ever raised in a stock offering, and it is doing so with its terms still in flux. The maker of the Claude AI models was expected to begin formally marketing its initial public…
From HERE Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Drivers heading into downtown Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday should expect blocked streets and towed cars as the city hosts its Veterans Day Parade, with closures along the route set to start at 6 a.m. and the march itself stepping off at 10 a.m. This year marks the…
From HERE Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The warm start to November on Hilton Head Island is about to end. A cold front is due Friday, and the National Weather Service office in Charleston expects it to deliver the chilliest air of the season to date. Until then, the warmth holds. Highs…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo Town Council gathers at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, for its regular monthly session, held in the Municipal Building at 7300 Woodrow Street, just to the rear of Town Hall. Anyone who wants to speak to council has two routes. Advance registration closes at 3 p.m.…
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State lawmakers in the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus will celebrate the group turning 50 with an evening gala in downtown Columbia on Saturday, Nov. 21. Food and live music are planned for the four-hour celebration, which begins at 6 p.m. inside the downtown convention center on…
From HERE Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. — Aiken County election workers start a recount Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the U.S. House District 2 race, where Republican Congressman Joe Wilson holds a lead of 2,926 votes over Democratic challenger Zyon Khalifa, an Aiken native. That margin is under 1% of all votes cast in the…
From HERE Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Anyone on Hilton Head Island who needs naloxone, the nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose, can pick up a box for free at the island public branch library, 11 Beach City Road. The library machine is one of a set of kiosks that…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC hunting turns to the water on Saturday, Nov. 21, when the state duck season opens for an eight-day first segment that runs through Saturday, Nov. 28, before a second segment starts Dec. 12 and continues to Jan. 31. Goose hunters get the same opening dates.…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC fishing starts the week with Lake Murray at 353.97 feet on the USGS gauge near Columbia, about 6.03 feet below the 360-foot conservation pool and down roughly 0.40 feet over the past seven days. The slow decline fits the fall drawdown that has been lowering…
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