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A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook School shootings. More>>
United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. More>>
A fire marshal has shut down part of a Myrtle Beach motel after finding up to 14 people in some rooms and smoke detectors missing. More>>
Myrtle Beach now has more time to expand the city convention center. More>>
Average retail gas prices rose across the state by nearly 2.5 cents last week, while national prices fell by almost the same rate. More>>
State officials are touting a U.S. Department of Commerce report that ranks South Carolina's economy as the 12th fastest growing in the nation. More>>
The Airbus A350 has taken off on its maiden flight, setting the stage for intensifying competition with U.S. rival Boeing in the long-haul wide-body aircraft market. More>>
Food policy leaders in South Carolina are getting together to share ideas and talk about what issues need attention in terms of how the state eats. More>>
South Carolina's economy is outpacing the rest of the country and has one of the fastest growing manufacturing sectors in the U.S., according to a report from the Department of Commerce. More>>
State Commerce officials will be in Paris next week without Gov. Nikki Haley to tout South Carolina's growing aerospace industry. More>>
Port Royal has decided on an alternative to a jellyfish operation at the town docks. More>>
The days of unpaid internships could be numbered if a federal court decision holds up. More>>
BMW Manufacturing Co. is being sued over alleged discrimination at its South Carolina plant. More>>
San Francisco 49ers running back Marcus Lattimore has recorded two "Play Responsibly" ads for the South Carolina Education Lottery. More>>
South Carolina's breweries may now sell pints to people touring their facilities. More>>
A competitive bidding bill in Washington, D.C., would require all Medicare beneficiaries to only visit with Medicare-contracted suppliers, and that could mean an end to home visits. More>>
A Democratic senator has asked Gov. Nikki Haley whether South Carolina paid a ransom to the computer hacker who stole millions of taxpayers' personal information last fall. More>>
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. says it will close two coal-powered generating stations near Walterboro by the end of the year. More>>
A company that makes parts for airplanes is moving its manufacturing plant to Georgetown County. More>>
State officials will issue a new water permit for pools used to store coal ash in Conway. More>>
A Charlotte-based real estate company has bought up a large chunk of Kiawah Island. More>>
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is spending some time in Beaufort. More>>
Spartanburg veterinarian Dale Paley said the most difficult part of her job is watching the light fade from a pet's eyes as it takes a last breath. More>>
A direct shuttle is now available from Myrtle Beach International Airport to hotels and businesses along Ocean Boulevard and the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. More>>
An out-of-court settlement ending legal challenges to the deepening of Savannah's harbor could still fall apart unless a federal agency can prove it's able to artificially boost oxygen in the water to help fish... More>>
Boeing says it will create new aircraft-design centers in Washington state, South Carolina and California. More>>
A half-dozen congressmen from the Carolinas and Virginia are urging Interior Secretary Sally Jewel to use "extreme caution" when considering any proposals for oil and gas exploration in Atlantic waters. More>>
The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill to make it illegal for a store or restaurant to claim that seafood is local when it comes from outside the waters of South Carolina, Georgia or North Carolina. More>>
South Carolina shrimp are again coming to stores and restaurants. More>>
A federal judge has scheduled a hearing to settle lawsuits challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel leading to Georgia's ports. More>>
The South Carolina state task force formed to support its military bases is meeting amid concerns Pentagon budget cuts could take a swipe at military installations in the region. More>>
The new leader of what used to be the South Carolina Hospitality Association said the group's membership has stabilized as it works to pay back nearly $500,000 stolen from its hotels and restaurants. More>>
The president of the State Retirees Association says South Carolina's settlement with the Bank of New York Mellon seems like a bad deal for retirees. More>>
Low gas prices are expected to mean more driving for South Carolinians over the Memorial Day weekend. More>>
Federal nuclear regulators are visiting Hartsville to discuss safety at a power plant. More>>
After almost a quarter century, the city of Charleston is again building low-income housing in an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Hugo. More>>
Two Lowcountry companies providing energy to 2 million South Carolinians announced Monday they had signed a multi-billion-dollar extension to an existing deal. More>>
AT&T is hiring 120 people across South Carolina as it expands its wired and wireless network nationwide. More than 30 of those jobs will come in the Charleston area.
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Average gas prices in South Carolina rose less than a cent last week, according to gas price tracking website Gasbuddy.com. More>>
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. More>>
Authorities are reporting few problems with the Spring Harley-Davidson motorcycle Rally along the Grand Strand. More>>
South Carolina's unemployment has dropped to its lowest rate in five years. More>>
Supporters say the new incentives to film crews will lead to more jobs and a huge boost to the state's economy. More>>
The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $360 million in a matter of weeks, a jump that's propelled it to be the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in history. More>>
A planned $2 million upgrade at the Hilton Head Island Airport will address a problem that's been affecting passengers for the past decade. More>>
South Carolina's school districts may be able to sell advertisements on activity buses next school year. More>>
The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to hear concerns as it considers how to replace a pair of bridges on U.S. 378 east of Columbia. More>>
Retail gas prices across the Palmetto State ticked up for the first time in months last week, according to gas price tracking website GasBuddy.com. More>>
The South Carolina State Ports Authority has untangled a snag in its plans to build a $35 million inland port in Greer. More>>
Two-thousand jobs are expected to come with Boeing's eight-year investment, another reason why the bill made it through the state legislature so quickly. More>>
South Carolina's economic advisers say the state lottery is generating more profits than expected, allowing legislators to designate more money to school buses, libraries and scholarships. More>>
Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a bill that supporters say could expand the film industry in South Carolina. More>>
South Carolina lawmakers will discuss extending and enhancing credit services for taxpayers compromised by last fall's hacking at the Department of Revenue. More>>
South Carolina's interim unemployment director says the agency is overpaying less and recouping more of the excess benefits that are doled out. More>>
Average retail gas prices fell across the state by only a penny last week, likely signaling the start of an upward trend in gas prices. More>>
South Carolina is honoring Boeing for its environmental record. More>>
An environmental group has sued Santee Cooper, saying the state-owned utility has known for more than a decade that arsenic was seeping from its coal-fired power plant In Conway. More>>
The Spoleto Festival USA has unveiled its poster for the 37th season of the arts festival and so is Piccolo Spoleto. More>>
An update is scheduled on the planned $300 million deepening of the Charleston Harbor shipping channel. More>>
The South Carolina Senate is focusing on the budget this week. More>>
While average retail gas prices fell across the state by nearly 2.5 cents last week, experts say the downward trend could be coming to an end. More>>
Most of us think of seafood as shrimp, crab, oysters, clams, and fish but there is a kind of jellyfish that is popular to eat among one culture -- and one local town is hoping to turn their abundance of the creatures into a money-making industry. More>>
A church-related group is interested in buying the old Freestyle Music Park, a theme park in Myrtle Beach that has not opened for the past three years. More>>
A senior engineer with Boeing says the company may never know what caused battery problems that have grounded the company's 787 Dreamliners. More>>
A new monitoring system will help larger ships arriving at the Port of Charleston pass safely under the I-526 bridge. More>>
Boeing says it will begin delivering 787s again in early May. More>>
Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a measure that lays out how nonprofits in South Carolina could legally hold raffles, should voters approve a constitutional referendum next year. More>>
The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a two-day investigative hearing into the Boeing 787 battery fire that took place on January 7 at Boston's Logan Airport. More>>
Voters will decide next year whether church cake walks and school raffles will finally become legal in South Carolina. More>>
The FAA has accepted Boeing's revamped battery system for its beleaguered 787 Dreamliners and agreed to lift its grounding order, according to a congressional official. More>>
Unemployment in South Carolina fell in March for the second month in a row. More>>
The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines says it is seeking approval from America's Federal Aviation Administration and from Boeing to put its grounded Boeing 787s back into service. More>>
A joint South Carolina-Georgia shipping terminal on the Savannah River is expected to cost about $3.3 billion, which is less than earlier projections. More>>
Gas prices across the state have dipped another 5.3 cents in the last week to an average price of $3.28 per gallon. More>>
Gov. Nikki Haley is heading to Hilton Head Island to take part in opening ceremonies for the RBC Heritage golf tournament. More>>
A shrimp boat is being used to help prepare Charleston Harbor for a new generation of massive container ships. More>>
A shrimp boat is being used to help prepare Charleston Harbor for a new generation of massive container ships. More>>
Digital technology and the people who work with it are being recognized with a festival in Charleston. More>>
The two largest cellphone carriers in the country announced this week that they had expanded 4G coverage into rural parts of the state. More>>
It's the biggest announcement made by Boeing since it first decided to build an assembly plant in the Lowcountry, in 2009. More>>
Rides and games could be returning to the Myrtle Beach Pavilion site seven years after the oceanfront attraction was demolished. More>>
PeopleMatter, a provider of human resources software for service industries, is opening its world headquarters in Charleston. More>>
With all of the federal budget cuts going on across the nation, one Lowcountry industry can breathe a sigh of relief. More>>
The popular Broadway at the Beach shopping and entertainment complex in Myrtle Beach is getting a couple of new restaurants that will open in time for the summer tourist season. More>>
Travelers wouldn't pay additional taxes for room service, spa treatments and other conveniences that can be added to hotel bills under a proposal advanced by a South Carolina House panel. More>>
Georgia-Pacific is celebrating the opening of a new mill that makes a building material used in construction. More>>
Gov. Nikki Haley says the Boeing Co. is planning to invest $1 billion at its North Charleston plant, creating 2,000 new jobs. More>>
The aerospace business is the focus of a two-day conference slated to open in Charleston. More>>
Average retail gas prices in South Carolina fell 3.9 cents per gallon over the last week to $3.34, according to gas tracking website GasBuddy.com. More>>
A new report finds that efforts by the Port of Charleston to improve air quality are paying off. More>>
Tourism is the fastest growing in industry in South Carolina, at least as far as new jobs are concerned. More>>
The state revenue department says there's been no significant drop in electronic tax returns, despite last year's hacking of the South Carolina system. More>>
South Carolina will have to wait a few more days before experiencing a close encounter with unidentified flying objects. More>>
A Georgetown bank damaged by a sinkhole almost a year-and-a-half ago is closing its doors. More>>
Myrtle Beach International Airport has opened its new terminal. More>>
Nearly 1.5 million people have signed up for a year of credit monitoring offered by South Carolina after the hacking of the Revenue Department's computer system last year. More>>
The South Carolina Occupation Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a Boeing employee after he was injured on the job. More>>
South Carolina's workforce agency has released the state's unemployment picture for February. More>>
The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping three of South Carolina's smaller airport towers open until early May. More>>
Myrtle Beach parents dealing with their children's head lice now have an alternative to medicated shampoo and late nights with a fine-toothed comb. More>>
Beaufort County officials are worried about the closure of the Hilton Head Island Airport tower before this year's RBC Heritage golf tournament next month. More>>
Strawberry farmers in northern South Carolina are worried about the cold. More>>
Some of South Carolina's representatives in Washington are spending some time talking about business in their home state. More>>
South Carolina officials have cited more than 300 businesses for immigrant worker violations. More>>
Myrtle Beach officials have cut the ribbon on a new $118 million terminal at the Myrtle Beach International Airport. More>>
A Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in Cottageville for Saturday night's $338 million drawing. More>>
Gas prices across the state of South Carolina fell another 3.2 cents per gallon over the last week to an average of $3.42 per gallon on Sunday, according to price-tracking website GasBuddy. More>>
A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It was the 13th drawing held in the days since a Virginia man won a... More>>
A South County farmer is converting the land where tenant farmers once raised cotton, then peaches, then soybeans into a tourist destination for people who find it all foreign. More>>
The Spoleto Festival USA box office is opening earlier than usual this year and in a new location. More>>
Five people want to be the next leader of South Carolina's embattled unemployment agency. More>>
Lights, camera, fashion! Fabulousness comes to downtown Charleston's Marion Square with the Seventh annual Baker Motor Company Charleston Fashion Week. More>>
The Charleston County Aviation Authority on Thursday morning agreed to sell more than 300 acres of land to Boeing for $12.5 million. More>>
Horry County Council will not get involved in a continuing legal fight over helicopter rides on the Grand Strand. More>>
South Carolina health officials are holding their first of four public meetings to hear what foods should be removed from the list of eligible items for people on food stamps. More>>
CVS Caremark told its employees they will have to reveal their body weight, body fat and other medical information or face a $600 annual premium. More>>
The former chairman of Carolina Investors is seeking parole. More>>
A new clubhouse is planned for the Harbour Town Golf Links, the Hilton Head Island course that hosts the PGA's RBC Heritage professional tournament each spring. More>>
The Richland County Grand Jury has indicted a Columbia man accused of embezzling over $200,000 from the South Carolina Education Lottery. More>>
South Carolina's unemployment rate increased slightly in January. More>>
Senator Lindsey Graham is in Charleston Monday for a South Carolina State Ports Authority Board meeting. More>>
A new poll says working moms increasingly want to work full time outside the home, and tough economic times might be a big reason. More>>
The North Charleston woman who won $100,000 from a scratch-off game has been spending her money on others, she told lottery officials. More>>
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing's plan to fix lithium ion batteries installed in the company's 787 Dreamliners, officials said Tuesday afternoon. More>>
A FactSet survey of economists suggests there was cautious consumer spending in February as Americans balanced a surge in hiring against higher taxes and gas prices. More>>
The 6-foot-thick concrete foundation for South Carolina's new nuclear plant has been poured in Fairfield County. More>>
Officials say the money will help insure the uncertain future of military operations in the Lowcountry. More>>
South Carolina's health and environmental department is offering the public a chance to comment on the agency's regulations. More>>
Engility Holdings, a government contractor working with the Navy and SPAWAR, announced Friday it plans to hire about 100 new employees and expand its office space by nearly double. More>>
Wells Fargo announced Friday that it was committing to lending a total of $55 billion to businesses owned by women in the U.S. by the year 2020. More>>
South Carolina's state military support panel is distributing $200,000 to four regions to help them maintain military installations in their communities. More>>
A seafood processing company wants to bring a jellyfish processing plant to Beaufort County creating as many as 250 jobs. More>>
National Transportation Safety Board officials still don't know what caused the January fire aboard a Dreamliner at Logan Airport in Boston. But, they do know it started in one of the battery cells, and what Boeing must do to correct the problem. More>>
A bill that would yank unemployment benefits from someone who fails an employer's drug test is advancing in the House. More>>
The National Transportation Safety Board released an interim factual report and 499 pages of related documents in its ongoing investigation of the Japan Airlines 787 battery fire in Boston. More>>
The NTSB is set to publicly question whether the FAA and Boeing have adequately tested the lithium batteries that caught fire on Dreamliners in the U.S. and Japan back in January. More>>
The American Red Cross and Mayor Keith Summey broke ground Wednesday on their new building that will be the future home of the Red Cross in the City of North Charleston. More>>
The South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce is offering small business owners a chance to get more information about filing their taxes. More>>
About 2,000 workers at the Savannah River Site near Aiken will be working reduced schedules starting next month because of the federal budget cuts. Other employees will be laid off. More>>
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is taking part in the opening of a new health clinic in Columbia. More>>
Fort Jackson and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are scheduled to host a job fair for military veterans, members of the National Guard and Reserve, and their spouses. More>>
Continental Tire has announced plans to create a storage complex on the north end of the former Naval Base in Charleston. More>>
About 18 percent of Blackbaud employees work from home. More>>
Boeing says it is ready to move quickly to get its 787s fixed and back in the air if it gets federal approval for a fix for the batteries that have grounded the planes. More>>
President Barack Obama said he doesn't agree with the choice Congress is making by not resolving the sequester. More>>
South Carolina leaders say a new distribution terminal being built in Greer will help the state's economy grow by linking the port in Charleston to Interstate 85. More>>
The value of South Carolina's exports has reached a record high. More>>
A report in the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening said Boeing Co. is planning to cut hundreds of workers at its North Charleston 787 production facility. More>>
Sequestration may sound like the buzz word of the moment but to Trident Tech students like Gloria Rivers, the threat of a sequester means her education opportunities are in jeopardy. More>>
The skies above the Lowcountry are going to get a little bluer starting Thursday. JetBlue, Charleston newest low-cost carrier, is set to touch down in the Holy City. More>>
Investigators with the South Carolina Forestry Commission arrested a North Carolina man on charges stemming from a timber deal in which the victim was underpaid. More>>
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he expects a recommendation from his staff next week on whether to accept Boeing's plan to fix its troubled 787 Dreamliners so that the planes can resume flying. More>>
A black-owned company has received a more than $13 million contract for work on a new Charleston performing arts center. It's the largest minority contract ever given by the city where the Civil War began. More>>
A measure of the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in January from December to the highest level in more than 2 ½ years. More>>
A bill that lawmakers hope will help turn abandoned buildings across South Carolina into bustling commercial space is under consideration in a Senate committee. More>>
The port will provide a place to transfer shipping containers between trucks and trains and provide a direct rail link to the Port of Charleston. More>>
Fine wines are being perfectly aged on the floor of the ocean. It's a new aging technique by the Napa Valley Winery. More>>
The Southeastern Wildlife Expo for 2013 has come and gone, but official numbers won't be released until later this week.
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Calling all foodies! The South Carolina Department of Agriculture is again teaming up with the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition and getting wild in the kitchen this weekend in Charleston. More>>
Palmetto Goodwill is expanding its services in North Charleston with a new training center opening Friday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. More>>
The South Carolina State Ports Authority is getting a $145,000 federal grant to help get older polluting trucks serving the port off the road. More>>
Charleston is known as a food and beverage town, so it's no big surprise that local beer is becoming more and more popular.
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A Senate panel has advanced a bill intended to let people with concealed weapon permits carry their gun into restaurants. More>>
Opponents of a planned $35 million Charleston cruise terminal are taking their case to South Carolina's Administrative Law Court. More>>
The National Transportation Safety Board's chairman Debbie Hersman said they now know where the fires are starting inside the Boeing 787's lithium ion batteries.
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The government should reassess its safety approval of the Boeing 787 lithium ion batteries, the nation's top accident investigator said Thursday, casting doubt on whether the airliner's troubles can be quickly remedied. More>>
A conference under way in Charleston is dealing with the impacts of cruise ships on historic port communities worldwide. More>>
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a news conference Thursday morning to question if the Federal Aviation Authority and Boeing adequately tested the lithium ion batteries that caught fire in U.S. and Japan.
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Charleston's setting for weddings gears up for another busy year. More>>
A lawsuit has been filed in connection to sinkholes that formed in Georgetown more than a year ago—and it may not be the last. Tony and Debbie Jordan filed the lawsuit Tuesday. More>>
Boeing Co. says it will stop delivering new 787s to customers until its electrical system is fixed. More>>
Officials from the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sifted through sediment in Charleston Harbor Monday as part of the harbor deepening project. More>>
It's no secret that the economy has many folks strapped for cash. One local group of budding women entrepreneurs, however, is looking to improve their cash flow and they are gaining more than just financial freedom. They are finding opportunities to make new friends. More>>
Crescent Dairy & Beverages LLC will be investing in a new ultra pasteurized beverage processing facility in Colleton County. More>>
It is all hands on deck at Rehabilitation Centers of Charleston. More>>
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