Peak News

You kind of expect to hit an uphill climb when biking to a peak, but the slope on the new section of the Palmetto Trail heading into the town of Peak is surprising.

Online votes earned a $5,000 Save the Trails grant for the Peak to Prosperity Passage of the Palmetto Trail from Nature Valley and the American Hiking Society.

The federal government said Tuesday that gasoline prices are expected to stay relatively low this summer - down 41 percent from a year ago - because the weak economy is keeping drivers off the road.

The City of Union will get more than $1.5 million and could save up to $400,000 a year on the wholesale cost of electricity by selling its peak power generation plant to Lockhart Power, utility director Joe Nichols says.

The Penguin Planet exhibit at the South Carolina Aquarium opens to the public Saturday, March 21; however some second graders from Memminger Elementary got a sneak peak at the exhibit Wednesday, March 18.

Voters in Gaston on Tuesday said they are largely satisfied with leadership on a Town Council that critics complain let the town sink into staggering debt and official misconduct.

The new Congaree riverkeeper admits he jumped into the deep end, but he's confident he can keep his head above the surface while making sure the water stays clean.