Santee News

South Carolina's nine welcome centers for tourists driving into the state are once again open seven days a week, several months after state budget woes forced the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism to close the centers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Trust funds to cover the costs of shutting down commercial nuclear reactor units in South Carolina appear in good condition despite the recent economic downturn.

The owner of Executive Golf Club in greater Bluffton says workers improperly cut down trees on his property last week as part of a project related to the extension of the Bluffton Parkway.

A vital piece of town property here will hopefully get a makeover soon, thanks to a provisionally approved Community Development Block Grant from the state Department of Commerce.

The downtown revitalization project began almost a decade ago, and since then, the downtown development office has offered several programs to ignite it.

Carla Cook knows it, even before the crunch of fabric ruffling is done. So does her fiancee, Tim West.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a driver died just before 10pm Saturday on US-15 near Santee.

In a swing through Sumter on Wednesday to honor Beverly Stevens for her volunteer work with the Santee Lynches Regional Council of Governments' Area Agency on Aging, Lt.

Joe Perry / The Item Beverly Stevens was presented with the Network Volunteer Service Award by Lt.

MARK SANFORD first tried out the Moses analogy on me a few years back, after I suggested that perhaps a different strategy was in order for convincing legislators to give our governors the type of executive-branch authority that the rest of the nation's governors take for granted.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. A missing teenager will be featured on FOXa s Americaa s Most Wanted.

Pastors and members past and present helped Manning United Methodist Church celebrate its 150th anniversary during a special service Sunday.

An environmental group Friday asked the state Supreme Court to block an application for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

Calhoun County authorities have arrested the man they say shot and killed Azell Barton.

Shine, a restaurant in the Upper King district, is celebrating its opening with its first arts and music festival.

Officials eager to get water and wastewater access throughout Clarendon County will now look toward a feasibility study that will prioritize projects for the next five, 10 and 20 years, according to those attending the meeting Thursday of the county's water and wastewater Administrative Review Committee.

A new solar array in Aiken will aid research into the use of hydrogen fuel cells to store power from the sun.

A new array of solar panels to help research hydrogen power is being unveiled in a South Carolina city.

Summey to Orangeburg County: North Charleston not your 'whipping boy' By Molly Parker mparker@scbiznews.com Published May 12, 2009 North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey sent a scathing letter to Orangeburg County's economic development arm today after finding out that county had requested millions of dollars to expand rail access in his city.

Santee Cooper is offering $331 million in refunding and new money bonds to pay off debt and to apply toward its capital improvement projects, the company announced today.