Beaufort County Council wants more answers before approving a reserve-fund...
Beaufort County Council members have lingering questions about how much cash the county needs to keep socked away.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSchool board to discuss superintendent's 6-month evaluation behind closed doors
The Beaufort County Board of Education will try to be as open as possible as it completes superintendent Jeffrey Moss' six-month evaluation, Chairman Bill Evans said. But the Ad Hoc…Click to Continue »
View ArticleWaterways closed for base training
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island will conduct extended live-fire training from 6 a.m. to midnight Wednesday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort man charged, jailed in strong-arm robbery
A Beaufort man was charged with strong-arm robbery Monday after being accused of pushing a man to the ground to steal his money, according to the Beaufort Police Department.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFire damages Bluffton home
A Bluffton home was damaged in a fire Tuesday evening, according to the Bluffton Township Fire District.Click to Continue »
View ArticleMan hospitalized in Burton motorcycle wreck
A man was hospitalized with potentially serious injuries after he wrecked his motorcycle Tuesday in Burton, according to a Burton Fire District spokesman.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSavannah man charged in Bluffton vehicle theft
An 18-year-old Savannah man has been charged with stealing an SUV in greater Bluffton and is a person of interest in two other local vehicle thefts, according to court records.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort man accused of ATV theft
A Beaufort man accused of trying to steal a four-wheeler at gunpoint during a test drive last month was charged with armed robbery, according to Beaufort County Detention Center records.Click to...
View ArticleJewelry missing from Hilton Head home
A Hilton Head Island woman told deputies nearly $95,000 worth of jewelry was taken from her apartment, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office report.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCouncil approves Main Street Inn rehab rezoning
Dismissing a group of vocal opponents who packed a meeting Tuesday, Hilton Head Island Town Council unanimously approved a plan to covert a boutique hotel into a treatment center for…Click to Continue »
View ArticleBluffton historical society chairman resigned, but hasn't relinquished power
Despite resigning last month, a former chairman of the Bluffton Historical Preservation Society continued to speak for the group on a town panel, according to town documents and historical...
View ArticleJellyfish company readying dock, could begin processing soon at temporary site
A company seeking to harvest and sell cannonball jellyfish will be up and running in northern Beaufort County by Feb. 22 -- with or without the permits it needs to…Click to Continue »
View ArticleSavannah River tests would warn Beaufort County water officials of...
As an environmental group goes back to court Wednesday to push for stricter controls on a nuclear dump site near the Savannah River, a Lowcountry water official said water from…Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort school board gives superintendent positive evaluation
The results are in: The Beaufort County Board of Education is "extremely pleased" with superintendent Jeffrey Moss' first six months on the job.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFormer Schein Store gets new owners, plans for renovation
A piece of Beaufort's history slated for demolition just a few years ago has been sold to new owners interested in creating two condominiums.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWednesday crime reports Feb. 5
The following reports were released Monday and Tuesday by the Beaufort Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:Click to Continue »
View ArticleBerkeley Hall, county continue fight over US 278 frontage road
Beaufort County has called on Berkeley Hall residents to drop their appeal of a state environmental permit that would allow construction of a frontage road off U.S. 278 to improve…Click to Continue »
View ArticlePublisher of Packet and Gazette to also lead The State in Columbia
Sara Johnson Borton, publisher of The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette, was named publisher of The State newspaper in Columbia on Wednesday morning.Click to Continue »
View ArticleRummage sale needs sellers
The Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton is holding a craft and rummage sale Feb. 15 and is looking for sellers to reserve booth space.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort teen charged with having guns on school property
An 18-year-old Beaufort student was charged with possessing weapons on school property Wednesday after a shotgun and a bolt-action rifle were spotted inside his vehicle, a police spokeswoman...
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