Beaufort County This Week

Lines wrapped around early voting centers all across Beaufort County as eager voters jumped at the opportunity to cast their votes early for November 3rd’s general statewide election. In addition to the many local and statewide races voters will decide on, Beaufort County voters will also be choosing a new governor, senator, and US representative. In the governor’s race, Democrat Jermaine Johnson...

From WSAV On social media, there are claims that poll workers will be writing on voters’ ballots in Beaufort County, which is incorrect, Jean Felix, Director of the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County, said.  The post on social media says “that poll workers will be writing on voters’ ballots, which will cause the ballot to be disqualified.” “I want to clarify that this inf...

From The Island Packet Beaufort County passed an updated version of its single-use plastic bag ban in June, but it’s contingent upon municipalities in the county passing their own updated ordinances before going into effect. The county’s original ordinance in 2018 created a “loophole” where thick plastic bags could still be used by businesses, but they are known to still cause environmental harm w...

From WTOC The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County is heading into the community this month to help residents at local assisted living facilities register to vote and request absentee ballot applications. Elections officials will provide voter registration forms and assist with absentee application requests at two locations: ·         One took place at Sprenger Health Care...

From WSAV There are two projects underway in Beaufort County, one on Kings St. and another on Charles and Craven. Each one costs around $10 million and city leaders said the entire project was funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). No city funds were used. Officials said this is an important project for the downtown area and will benefit several neighborhoods. The new pipes are so large, a...

-Registration is open for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training Program with Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office. The program provides training to Beaufort County residents to enhance their self-sufficiency in the event of a disaster. Participants learn skills that will enable them to provide emergency assistance to their families and neighbors. CERT classes are offered free of...

From WTOC  A major project to bring more healthcare jobs and another medical option to the rapidly growing town of Bluffton has cleared a key hurdle. Novant Health is one step closer to building its own hospital along Buckwalter Parkway. Following its final development plan meeting with the Town of Bluffton, the proposed facility is nearing its groundbreaking phase. The multi-million-dollar medica...

Tuesday, voters in South Carolina will once again head to the polls as the Republican primary for the US Senate seat of the late Lindsay Graham is in a runoff. Early voting runs through Friday August 21 at 5:00 PM, and then regular voting will take place Tuesday August 25th, with polls opening at 7 AM. Voters who participated in June’s Democratic primary are not allowed to vote in this run off, wh...

From the WSAV Beaufort County launched its first and only in-house compost initiative in the Lowcountry.   About 50% of what ends up in a landfill could be composted, so instead that waste can become nutrient-rich soil.   Beaufort County’s Environmental Education Coordinator Livvy Bergmann told WSAV that anything you can eat, you can compost.   “So you can even take things like cooked meat, If you...

  From the Island Packet Beaufort County is the first in South Carolina to ban the use of glyphosate in its parks and recreational fields, according to a group that pushed for the change for environmental and public health reasons. Glyphosate is a herbicide best known as the active ingredient in some Roundup products, a popular brand of weed killer. The EPA says it doesn’t cause increases in cance...

WELCOME to Beaufort County This Week! Today is Friday, July 31 and this week in 1973 the late Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney was born in Beaufort.    I’m Matt Goldin and here are your top stories presented by Beaufort County TV!       A famous mini totem pole in Beaufort is getting a new home.  The outgoing Water Festival Commodore made quite a splash on Saturday And the Hilton Head Airport is addi...

WELCOME to Beaufort County This Week! Today is Friday, July 24 and this week US representative and Sumter native Jim Clyburn celebrated his 86th birthday.    I’m Matt Goldin and here are your top stories presented by Beaufort County TV!       Proposed legislation could bring $16 million in water infrastructure to Beaufort and Hilton Head City of Beaufort has moved forward with two waterfront proje...

From the Island Packet The NWS issued a coastal flooding advisory Tuesday as the high tide was forecast to inundate coastal areas with 6 inches or more of water. This phenomenon is called high-tide flooding, and it occurs when weather and astrological variables push seawater above normal high marks. It’s concerning for the Lowcountry, since much of it is low-lying and susceptible to floods.     Th...

STORY 1 From WSAV  A loggerhead sea turtle nest laid on May 11 is the first of this season to hatch on Hilton Head Island. Sea Turtle Patrol HHI made the announcement Wednesday.  Approximately 30 hatchlings emerged Tuesday night. Sea Turtle Patrol HHI will watch the nest over the next few days to ensure an accurate count.  DNA analysis shows the turtle that laid the eggs in this nest also nested o...

STORY 1 From Post & Courier  Two city blocks in Beaufort’s historic Northwest Quadrant will soon be converted into a new cultural campus under an expansion plan announced by the Freedman Arts District . The nonprofit organization recently acquired the municipal properties at 1407 King and 600 Wilmington streets to launch the Freedman School of Arts, Crafts & Culture.  Local developer and F...

  STORY 1 From the WSAV The 12th annual Mitchelville Juneteenth celebration returns this year to the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park with a three-day celebration.   “We’re going to talk about the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Amendment would really make us free as Americans, those amendments really put us all on the same equal plain,” said Executive Director for Historic Mitchelville Fre...

STORY 1 From the Island News With South Carolina’s June 9 primary election approaching, Beaufort County election officials are encouraging voters to double-check their polling locations after several precincts were temporarily relocated and a new precinct was added for the upcoming primary and any runoff election scheduled for June 23. The Beaufort County Board of Voter Registration and Elections...

  STORY 1 From the Island Packet A critical decision on restoring Beaufort’s unstable boardwalk and the relieving platform supporting it was made Monday when the Waterfront Park Advisory Committee voted unanimously to endorse one of three options on the table. Committee members voted 6-0 to recommend that the city pursue Option 2, where the failing structure under the promenade known as the reliev...