Beaufort News

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the taxpayer-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show.

Kirsten Cosby and her peers at Camp Treasure Chest carefully studied their nutrition-themed bingo cards as a volunteer announced the next square: Watermelon.

In recent years, South Carolina shrimpers have battled low prices for shrimp and now comes a new headache, a seaweed invasion.

A "narrow snapshot" of fiscal year 2008-09 that closed June 30 shows that the city's combined general and park funds dropped from $752,030 the year before to $244,084 this year, said Comptroller Mack Cook.

Two Bluffton men were arrested Friday for drug charges after a months-long investigation by narcotics officers, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office news release issued Monday.

Hundreds braved the heat Saturday to hold homemade signs aloft during a rally on the steps of Beaufort's Federal Courthouse against rising taxes.

Folks over in Beaufort, South Carolina voiced their concerns over increased taxes.

The Beaufort Ospreys will return to Beaufort High School for Friday's 7 p.m. contest against Goose Creek.

Main Street Beaufort, USA, is wrapping up plans for free monthly movie nights and lunchtime concerts at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park -- family-friendly events that could quell recent complaints from residents that more free activities aren't held at the downtown green space.

Lawmakers and political types from across York County reacted with shock and disappointment Wednesday to Gov.

About $200 million of earmark requests being mulled by Congress are targeted for military purposes in South Carolina, including for Beaufort County: $2.2 million to XRD Inc.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford gave thought to quitting, retreating from public scrutiny to rebuild his life as the scandal of his extramarital affair with an Argentinian woman came out, he told The Associated Press Sunday.

Winners of the Beaufort Duplicate Bridge Club for June 9 were: 5 Tables: North-South: first, Jeanie Estes and Marty Hills; second, Cliff Rhein and Marcia Meyer.

The Arts Council of Beaufort County annual meeting will honor seven Beaufort County residents with the annual Jasmine Community Arts Award, each one a sculpture created by Lowcountry artist Hank D. Herring.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's mother tells The Associated Press she is praying for her son.

Healing Waters Wesleyan Church will host a free HIV testing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the church at 1 Joe Frazier Road, Beaufort.

Debbie Whitson stood glued to her TV, her heart racing, as she heard the news that South Carolina Gov.

Travis Kyle Walls is charged with armed robbery after investigators say he walked into the Papa John's Pizza on Robert Smalls Parkway on June 5, pointed a pistol at employees and demanded money.

Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center has hired Dr. James F. McNab as radiation oncologist.

The Beaufort Art Association opened its mid-summer exhibit, "Water Works," a group of three member artists -- two painters and a glass artist -- whose work is united by their love of the waters surrounding Beaufort.