Google’s SC Water Demands Slammed
CRONY CAPITALISM? Google is drawing criticism over what some say is its excessive use of Lowcountry water resources. The company needs massive amounts of groundwater...
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Mailbag: Library Kitchens?
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YES … We get lots of letters. And we try to answer most of them. Some of them come via our contact page. Others via email. Others...
“Code Red” Air Quality Alert For SC
by FITSNews
WILDFIRES CREATE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD … Millions of South Carolina awoke to the news that they were under a “Code Red” air quality alert as...
New SCDSS Foster Home Program Is A Disaster
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ANOTHER WELFARE AGENCY SCANDAL … By now, it should be abundantly clear to anyone paying attention that South Carolina governor Nikki Haley’s welfare agency –...
Zika Spray Killing Bees
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CURIOUS CHEMICAL CONSIDERATIONS … We’re not ready to call the whole Zika thing a hoax. Obviously it’s a real disease. Mosquitos clearly spread it. And we think...
Report: Dozens Get Sick In “Dirty Myrtle” Water
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BACTERIA SPIKES ACCOMPANY SUMMER STORMS Dozens of visitors to Myrtle Beach, S.C. have reported contracting various illnesses due to unsafe spikes in bacteria levels in the...
Catherine Templeton’s Gubernatorial Bid Is Gearing Up
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CANDIDATE DOING “DEEP DIVE” ON STATE SPENDING Former S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) director Catherine Templeton is taking steps to position herself...
Pollution In Saluda River: Warnings Unheeded?
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ANOTHER PALMETTO “DIRTY WATER” SCANDAL In case you missed it, there’s another “no swim” scandal in South Carolina. Only this time we’re not referring to...
Catherine Templeton: Focused On SC Gubernatorial Bid
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MARK SANFORD DODGES A BULLET … FOR NOW The staggering vulnerability of maverick-turned-mushy U.S. congressman Mark Sanford has the South Carolina Lowcountry buzzing about potential...
Myrtle Beach’s “Dirty Water” Problem Persists
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RASH OF NEW BACTERIA READINGS RAISE FRESH CONCERNS OVER COASTAL WATER QUALITY … In case you missed it our founding editor Will Folks and his...