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Is the Ho Ho Ho holiday travel weather naughty or nice this year?
| December 21, 2024
Tis’ the season for millions of us to travel "over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house" this holiday season, and an active weather pattern could complicate travel plans across the United States.

Weathering a new normal: Bleak conditions persist 3 months after Helene crippled western North Carolina
Leslie Hudson
| December 19, 2024
Driving into Swannanoa, NC it’s hard to find much progress along the main road that now defines what a hurricane ravaged town looks like…in the Blue Ridge mountains…

With its paper mill closing in just days, Georgetown faces an uncertain future
| December 19, 2024
For nearly a century, the International Paper Mill in Georgetown has gobbled up wood and spewed steam from its towering stacks. But in just a matter of weeks, all the clanging, the steam and yes, even the stench will cease.

Columbia canal repairs moving forward
Mike Switzer
| December 18, 2024
The historic Columbia Canal has been in various stages of disrepair ever since the 1,000-year flood event of 2015. But repairs are indeed happening as evidenced by the city’s recent announcement of new funding that will bring the canal and its resulting water supply for the city back over the next two and a half years.

South Carolina death row inmate makes final appeal, says trial lawyer wasn't prepared
Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press
| December 17, 2024
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of murder who is expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme Court, saying his trial lawyer was inadequately prepared and had too much sympathy for the victim.

South Carolina's Republican electors certify Trump's 2024 win
| December 17, 2024
After some shuffling of papers and several signatures later, on Wednesday South Carolina certified the state's nine Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.
