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On Huckleberry Creek, a dream home becomes a flood buyout

It’s hard not to notice the bittersweet wistfulness in a name like Huckleberry Creek; how much it sounds like the echo of a time and place that probably never actually existed, but feels like it should. Or could.

This is where Edward and Tracey Phillips bought their retirement home in 2018, not far from where the Pee Dee River courses through this verdant corner of Cheraw.

These days, Edward Phillips tends to look past this house on Huckleberry Creek in Cheraw. The house in this photo used to be Phillips' dream retirement home. But when floodwaters washed him and his wife out, the couple took a buyout and moved up to the top of the bluff. He's still wistful for what might have been.

Helene and the Misinformation Storm

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 8, 2024: the latest from the federal government’s response to Helene in our state, and a report from Scott Morgan on neighbors helping neighbors in the town of Easley; FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell rebuts comments from former president Donald Trump; we hear from former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley; and more!
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Number of Helene-related deaths in SC climbs to 48; power slowly returns to Upstate

By Monday morning, the number of deaths attributed to Tropical Storm Helene in South Carolina reached 48. Hardest hit to date are Aiken, Spartanburg, and Greenville counties, which have officially announced 10, nine, and seven deaths, respectively.
At its worst, power outage in the Upstate was almost total following Tropical Storm Helene. For most of the region, power is back for 90 or more percent. But some counties, like Edgefield, are having to essentially rebuild their power networks.

Hurricane, ports strike, and sustainability affecting SC economy

An update of the news, events, and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community.

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Judge extends South Carolina voter registration deadlines after Helene

South Carolinians will have more time to register to vote because of Hurricane Helene.

Circuit Court Judge Daniel Coble agreed Friday to grant a motion for a temporary injunction and extend the state’s voter registration deadlines by 10 days as many residents still are without power and crews work to clear debris from roads and homes.

Coble's formal order is expected to be filed later Friday.

Last week more than 238,000 people voted early across South Carolina and nearly 38,000 mail-in absentee ballots were returned. This is the first general election in our state with early voting thanks to the massive bi partisan election integrity bill Republican and Democratic lawmakers passed in May.

South Carolina sets Nov. 1 execution as state ramps up use of death chamber

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's high court on Friday set a date of Nov. 1 to put to death a man who killed a store clerk a quarter-century ago, the second of an expected six executions in about six months as the state ramps up its use of capital punishment after a 13-year pause.

This photo provided by South Carolina Dept. of Corrections shows Richard Moore, who was sentenced to death in the September 1999 killing of convenience store clerk. ( South Carolina Dept. of Corrections via AP)

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