Новости за 03.09.2016

Charleston long has had a reputation for being a sleepy town when it comes to popular music, conducive to the solo singer-songwriter types and cover bands, but not really a vibrant "scene" that cultivates edgy original music.

Solar panels are making more sense, and cents, than ever for South Carolina property owners, but they also must find good answers to detailed questions before determining if these panels really are a bright idea for them.

LEXINGTON — The roads funding debate raging for years in the Statehouse has manifested itself in a donkey born here in June.

CLEMSON, S.C. — About two dozen students have protested Clemson University’s requirement that visitors register before they can demonstrate on campus.

Genetically modified food, known as GMOs, is as hot a topic as climate change. Researchers tell us GMOs are safe. Opposition insists that isn’t true. Meanwhile, we still have to eat. Wherever you fall in the GMO debate, you have some choices.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for South Carolina legislators want the state Supreme Court to end its oversight of a 23-year-old case over school funding.

Are you ready to Wrembel?

When a group of bucks moved into view on opening day of South Carolina’s 2016 deer season, one really stood out for Steve Warren.

2015-16 TRIDENT FISHING TOURNAMENT

Mike Wilson, who has coached the men’s and women’s golf programs at Charleston Southern, has been named the new men’s golf coach at the University of Alabama Birmingham, the school announced Wednesday.

When Tyler Jones moved to Johns Island with his wife one year ago, he was pleasantly surprised to see so many people around his age — late 20s and early 30s — sipping drinks and sampling small plates in the island’s fledgling bar and restaurant scene.

As authorities continue their investigation into the death of a 33-year-old Summerville man who got lost while hunting last month near Cottageville, his mother is struggling to come to terms with losing her only child.

The native longleaf pine getting replanted in the Lowcountry might turn out to be as sweet as sipping rain from a leaf.

Thirsty? The Southeast is. And the pelting from Tropical Storm Hermine won’t make much difference.

Hermine left South Carolina as quickly as she arrived, bringing rain and strong winds Friday only to be gone the next morning.

Thousands of people in the Charleston area still did not have power Saturday morning after Tropical Storm Hermine’s mighty winds blew out transformers and knocked over trees in the tri-county area.

AUBURN, Ala. — Gameday. It’s here.

What: Trek through many distinct habitats to view and discuss a variety of birds, butterflies and other organisms. Paid chaperone is required for participants ages 15 and under.

If it hasn’t stopped raining yet, it will.

A few years back, Brian Mello landed a client who, like many a new Charleston area shopper, envisioned himself residing in an imposing early 19th century mansion downtown.

Sectors from Wild Dunes to Wadmalaw Island are seeing jumps in house prices this year, while plush existing homes are selling faster than newly-for-sale properties coming up for sale, according to a Charleston area real estate agency that specializes in luxury and downtown properties.

MOUNT PLEASANT — If Charleston County’s sales tax referendum is approved this fall, the money would fund many road projects, but Mount Pleasant Waterworks customers could face $16 million in additional costs for road-related water and sewer line relocations.

The S.C. Commission of Higher Education has an important — and long overdue — message for the state: It will no longer approve unjustified spending by state colleges and universities.

Last Sunday, a presidential nominee stated these general principles that he shares with his running mate:

"How old do citizens have to be to vote for president?" the immigration officer asked during the civics portion of my U.S. citizenship test.