Stegelin: Burn baby, burn
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View ArticleAriail: We’re not going back
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View ArticleMonkeying around: 43 primates break out of Yemassee lab
Forty-three rhesus macaque primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee Wednesday but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. The post Monkeying around:...
View ArticleThe 2024 Burger Throwdown winner
Thank you to everyone who participated and voted in this year’s Burger Throwdown! This year, one winner swept all six categories: Smash City Burgers.What started as a love of cheeseburgers turned into...
View ArticleState Democrats struggle as S.C. GOP celebrates red wave
South Carolina voters on Tuesday were just like everybody else across the nation – only more so, turning what was already a very good election day for Republicans into an unprecedented Palmetto State...
View ArticleBrack: Trump’s election leaves many S.C. women frightened
Lots of thinking women across South Carolina are scared by the election of Donald Trump to the White House. And they should be: His election signals a throwback era for misogyny and control in more...
View ArticleMore news: McMaster names new state Medicaid director
Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Eunice Medina to replace retiring S.C. Health and Human Services (SCHHS) Director Robert Kerr at a Thursday press conference in Columbia. SCHHS oversees the state’s...
View Article18 rhesus monkeys still on lam from Yemassee lab
MORNING HEADLINES | Twenty-five rhesus macaque primates returned safely over the weekend to the Yemassee lab they broke out of Wednesday, but 18 remain on the lam, officials said Sunday evening. The...
View ArticleHoliday pause for executions sought; 13 monkeys still loose
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has not yet set a date for the state’s next execution after lawyers for four inmates out of appeals asked for a postponement until after the Christmas and New Year’s...
View ArticleKulture Klash returns to North Charleston on Nov. 16
Kulture Klash, an eclectic celebration of the arts in Charleston, is back for its ninth edition on Nov. 16. This year’s edition of this one-day arts festival, originally founded in Charleston in 2007,...
View ArticleHakuna matata: S.C. animal news gets weirder
MORNING HEADLINES | South Carolina seems to have become a wild kingdom of late. The post Hakuna matata: S.C. animal news gets weirder appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
View ArticleHigh Water Festival announces 2025 music lineup
The High Water Festival will return to North Charleston’s Riverfront Park on April 26-27 with a lineup that will include headliners like Arcade Fire and Lord Huron, alongside Mt. Joy, Counting Crows,...
View ArticleCity of Charleston adds 52 new staff members to 2025 draft budget
The City of Charleston is adding 52 new positions to the coming fiscal year’s budget, bringing the balanced draft budget’s total to about $330 million. The post City of Charleston adds 52 new staff...
View ArticleScott tapped to head group to keep U.S. Senate in GOP control in 2026
MORNING HEADLINES | U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the Charleston Republican who was one of several GOP politicians last year to drop out of the 2024 presidential race, has turned his fundraising prowess into...
View ArticleGibbes takes a retrospective look at its 1858 Prize
The Gibbes Museum of Art is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art with a major new exhibition on display through Jan. 12, 2025. The retrospective highlights...
View ArticleOur View: County Council needs to rebuild trust after voters rejected referendum
Charleston County voters sent a clear message to County Council members by voting down a half-penny sales tax to fund roads and other projects by a whopping 23-point margin. And what 127,572 voters...
View ArticleREVIEW: In Pure Theatre’s “The Last Five Years,” love hurts as it hums along
Marriage is one hell of a time warp. Whether it goes the distance or goes down in flames, it more often than not lingers in the frontal lobe for the long haul, drawing you back to moments grand or...
View ArticleWhat to do the week of Nov. 14
Holiday Festival of Lights Hop in the car and cruise along a three-mile display of lights throughout James Island County Park. The annual holiday festival features more than 2 million blinking,...
View ArticlePost-election GOP agenda focuses on tax cuts, school vouchers
After a red wave election that handed South Carolina Republicans virtually unchecked power in all three branches of state government, the question for GOP leaders is clear: What do they plan to do with...
View ArticleOne80 Place brings new affordable housing model to Meeting St.
One80 Place is set to transform a vacant peninsula lot in Charleston into a new $44 million mixed-use affordable housing and family shelter project. The post One80 Place brings new affordable housing...
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