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 water....
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 as...
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 chronic...
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 2018...
RASH OF NEW BACTERIA READINGS RAISE FRESH CONCERNS OVER COASTAL WATER QUALITY … In case you missed it our founding editor Will Folks and his family...
LAW ENFORCEMENT LOBBY EXPERIENCES FIRST SETBACK … It wasn’t a resounding victory … nor will it erase a stinging defeat sustained earlier this year. Still, supporters of medical...
REDNECK RIVIERA’S “TOURISM MAFIA” WARNS AGAINST “MISINFORMATION” It looks like a lagging economy isn’t the only pernicious foe facing South Carolina’s “Tourism Mafia” this year. Taxpayer-funded...
USERS NOW HAVE TO HUNT FOR “NO SWIM” ADVISORIES The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has scaled back polluted water warning labels from...
HOSPITAL POLITICS AS USUAL … Last year this website dispensed some rare praise to the S.C. House of Representatives for its overwhelming vote (103-1) to get...
TOURISM MAFIA ANGRY OVER NEGATIVE COVERAGE … With recessionary fears already threatening to take a bite out of projected tourism revenues this year, officials in Myrtle...