Port Royal News

Less than an hour after the nursing mothers' lounge opened Thursday at Citadel Mall, Dana Keith made a beeline toward the cozy room with her 5-month-old baby and 2-year-old in tow.

Hilton Head Island took another step forward in its effort to take over all the private stormwater systems this week when it signed an agreement with Port Royal Plantation.

Drivers who have ignored their teachers' instructions to keep both hands on the wheel soon may have someone else tell them to put their hands at 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock: the Beaufort Police Department.

The captain of the port for Charleston, Port Royal and Georgetown, S.C., has established port readiness condition WHISKEY for the coast of South Carolina due to the potential impacts from Tropical Storm Hanna.

Beach erosion at the heel of Hilton Head Island is continuing at a rapid rate, and the town may soon have to take major steps to address the problem, according to a report to be released this week.

The top deck of the observation tower at the end of the boardwalk at The Sands in Port Royal has been closed as it was recently deemed structurally unstable.

When Todd McDaniel of Lady's Island told his two sons there were stars in the ocean, he knew the tiny, glowing dots churned up in the wake of his boat weren't stars.

Photo: Bluffton firefighters work to remove the wreckage of a vehicle and the tree that fell on it from U.S. 278 in greater Bluffton on Thursday afternoon, backing up westbound traffic just before rush hour.

Georgetown County Sheriff Land Cribb works at the scene of Julianne Blakeley's killing in Litchfield Beach on Sept.

The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce will partner with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce to host a 2009 legislative session forum at 11:30 a.m. on Aug.

Photo: Cars roll around a recently completed traffic circle along Mathews Drive on Monday.

Drivers statewide are being affected by high gas prices this summer, but drivers in Beaufort and Port Royal are getting hit harder than those in many surrounding areas, where gas can be found for nearly $0.30 ...

The Beaufort County School District's decision to add 20 school days to the calendar for poor-performing students doesn't come without a price.

Port Royal at last put to vote a list of properties to be included in the town's historic district Wendesday evening, but first stripped eight houses from the list.

Port Royal owes Beaufort County, the school district and its own general fund about $1.5 million.

Photo: 'Armageddon in Retrospect' By Kurt Vonnegut G.P. Putnam's Sons, 233 pages, $24.95 Special to the Packet It begins when a young Hispanic girl is struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she is ...

A fertilizer company from Tampa, Fla., with a terminal at the shuttered Port of Port Royal recently filed a freedom of information lawsuit against the State Ports Authority.

An abrupt and violent thunderstorm rumbled through Beaufort on Thursday afternoon, knocking out power to about 23,000 customers while downing trees and disrupting traffic, officials said.

In an about-face from previous meetings, Port Royal's Design Review Board on Thursday praised the streetscape of a 5-acre planned unit development off of Ribaut Road.

Priscilla Butler moved to Beaufort from Philadelphia in January, and she brought the authentic taste of Philly cheesesteaks with her.