Stagnant weather: flood risk to continue this week for South Carolina
It will be at least until next Monday, July 29th when South Carolina can expect a high-pressure system to take over and bring stable weather and more sunshine. Until then, several low-pressure systems and stationary fronts will remain either parked over the state or close enough to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms.
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If you think a small group of citizens can't get something done, look at Lake Conestee Dam
The dam at Lake Conestee, just south of Greenville, is getting replaced.
Four years ago, a sentence like that was nigh impossible.
It turns out that collective action (a.k.a. community-engaged democracy) is what got things going after years of inaction, frustration, finger pointing, and hand wringing over what to do about an antique dam holding back a passel of toxic metals flushed into the Reedy River over decades of Greenville’s Industrial Age growth.
![Kelly Lowry, president of the Lake Conestee Dam Restoration Project, picked up a decades-long fight to get the potentially dangerous dam addressed.](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_image/public/npr_story_images/2024/07/23/web-lowry.jpg.webp?itok=QgImmGSJ)
Biden Bombshell Rocks the Free World
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ACC commissioner promises to fight 'for as long as it takes' amid legal battles with Clemson, FSU
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips said the league will fight "as long as it takes" in legal cases against Florida State and Clemson as those member schools challenge the league's ability to charge hundreds of millions of dollars to leave the conference.
![Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the ACC media days, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_image/public/npr_story_images/2024/07/22/acc-football-kickoff-24204626196121.jpg.webp?itok=sA_JImkp)
SC Democrats back Harris for president after Biden exits 2024 race
South Carolina's Democrats have coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris for president after President Joe Biden on Sunday withdrew from the 2024 race.
In a statement posted to X, the state Democratic Party said its 55 delegates met virtually Sunday night and voted to endorse Harris as the party's 2024 nominee.
![Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks on broadband internet expansion on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_image/public/npr_story_images/2024/07/22/ap23058705111181.jpg.webp?itok=fqKHsw9A)
Report on Medicaid expansion projects major benefits for South Carolina
All things factored in, South Carolina could see as much as $4 billion in additional annual revenue over the next three years, as a result of expanding access to Medicaid.
![The decision whether to expand Medicaid access in the state is likely to hinge on how well expansion would benefit the market.](/sites/default/files/styles/spotlight_image/public/npr_story_images/2024/07/19/medicaid.JPG.webp?itok=T-XNMpIv)