Kiawah Island News

The state's environmental protection board turned down a plan Thursday that could make a narrow spit at Kiawah Island easier to develop for upscale resort homes.

Eight hotels and 11 restaurants in the Charleston area picked up AAA Four Diamond awards for their quality and service this week, it was announced today.

A high-end development that could become the largest subdivision on Johns Island cruised through a first round of approvals at a special meeting Thursday of Charleston County Council.

That's all it took, the temperature difference between 95 and 98, to doom half of Annie Keegan Filion's brood of 400 turkeys earlier this year.

Nov. 22--Two local hotels, the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort at Kingston Shores and Embassy Suites at Kingston Plantation, were among the first to be certified in the statewide Green Hospitality Alliance.

The Beach Co .'s plans for a 1,427-acre resort development just across the river from Kiawah Island on Johns Island are moving through Charleston County's approval process.

The Beach Company plans to develop 1,427 acres on Kiawah Island in a 20-year project that could create hundreds of jobs and pump millions of dollars into the local economy.

Five companies noted for their efforts to boost recycling levels in the state. The South Carolina Recycling Market Development Advisory Council and the South Carolina Department of Commerce have recognized the achievements of five recycling businesses for their impact on South Carolina's environment, communities and economy.

The state's top-rated travel properties retained their distinct status for 2010, making no room for new South Carolina members in their elite club.

The Green Bay Packers have placed offensive lineman Jason Spitz on injured reserve and signed wide receiver Biren Ealy from the practice squad Saturday.

When buddies golf succeeds - and I'll never admit to my spouse that it fails - it resuscitates my soul.

Emily McGuire, of Sedalia, and Aaron Mosby, of Riner, Va., were married at 5:30 p.m. Aug.

The clean-up started after the Coast Guard received several reports of oil and tar balls in the water and on local beaches Oct.

Green palmetto trees are the new symbol of sustainability for South Carolina's hospitality industry.

Balls of oil are still washing up on area beaches three day after an oil spill was reported.

Bill Lambrecht's story in the Post-Dispatch today has a nice breakdown of Roy Blunt's financial support from corporate donors and lobbyists who have donated very large sums to his leadership PAC called the Rely on Your Beliefs Fund .

The Coast Guard says it appears crews have cleaned up almost all the oil spilled into a South Carolina harbor earlier this week.

Kevan Maxwell, a 1999 West Holmes graduate, is like a lot of people out in the work force today.

South Carolina has knocked Vancouver Island out of the top spot for North America's Best Island category in this year's CondA© Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards.

The newest addition to Freshfields Village, La Tela Pizzeria opens at the end of October with a delicious menu of authentic Neapolitan pizzas, pastas, salads, and desserts.