Catawba News

A fourth victim - all employees of a Catawba fireworks company - has died from wounds in Saturday's fireworks explosion on Ocracoke Island.

An Independence Day celebration that brings thousands of tourists to Ocracoke Island, N.C., turned deadly Saturday when a truckload of fireworks from a York County company exploded near the South Ferry terminal, killing two pyrotechnics workers and injuring three co-workers. The explosion, which occurred shortly after 9 a.m. as workers were setting ...

A truckload of fireworks from a York County company exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock, killing two workers and critically injuring three others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said.

Divers pulled the body of a 27-year-old Charlotte man from the Catawba River near Interstate 77 around noon Friday after he drowned, officials said.

South Carolina's environmental board has agreed to hear a challenge to permits for five Duke Energy dams along the Catawba and Wateree rivers.

For some Catawba Indian families, driving home can turn into an adventure. Two dozen or so houses on the tribe's reservation east of Rock Hill are reachable only by dirt and gravel roads.

Two environmental groups say South Carolina's health and environmental agency is not doing enough to protect two of the state's rivers.

Chester County Council will give final approval to removing a detailed public notice requirement from the county's land development ordinance.

Steve Hucks isn't used to looking for a job. In fact, he only recently put together a resume.

The Catawba Indian Nation and the S.C. Employment Security Commission will host a job fair and workshops Friday at the reservation in Rock Hill, giving unemployed people a chance to network, hone interviewing skills and perhaps even land a job.

In the world of the elderly surviving on just Social Security, the unemployed on benefits, the disabled who can't work, the first of the month means check day.

Glencairn Garden on Charlotte Avenue in Rock Hill will celebrate its 50-year anniversary Friday and Saturday at the garden.

Adam and Chassidy James of Rock Hill are the parents of a son, Robert Adam Jr., born April 30, 2009.

Lester III and Michelle Van Epps of Rock Hill are the parents of a daughter, Miranda Hailee, born Nov.

Davis, regional outreach coordinator for the Federation of Families of South Carolina, wants parents involved in every level of mental health.

Experts estimate South Carolina has 100,000 alligators in its waters, but three small ones are causing a stir in Lake Wylie.

Three alligators are living in Lake Wylie, not far from where children swim.The boat ramp at the Elks Park Campground near Rock Hill is filled with people daily now who are looking for the gators.

One of the Catawa River's signature species has taken a couple of seasons off, but it should be back strong in 2009.

Federal regulators are sitting down to answer questions about safety performance at a South Carolina nuclear plant.

Thanks to federal stimulus funds, the drive from Fort Mill into Indian Land could soon become a little smoother.