BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–With a potential closing date drawing near, Century Aluminum employees gathered outside of Santee Cooper in Moncks Corner in protest Thursday, urging reps with the power plant to work on a feasible agreement that would allow them to stay open for business. Folks held signs that read, “Please save our jobs,” “Do the right thing” and “Is this […]

Online savings starting in early November have changed the way that consumers are shopping on Cyber Monday. Online holiday shoppers this year are hoping to see deals on everything from cashmere sweaters to home décor before they decide to shop on Cyber Monday. According to the National Retail Federation’s Cyber Monday Expectations Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics over […]

Buying a Confederate flag became a little harder following the horrific Charleston massacre that left nine churchgoers dead attending Bible study in mid-June 2015. According to police, Dylann Roof shot and killed parishioners inside Mother Emanuel AME Church. Now in jail, he’s currently awaiting trial and faces both federal and state charges. In Roof’s alleged manifesto discovered online, he claimed […]

An estimated 660,000 South Carolinians are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a 0.6% increase over last year. According to AAA Carolinas, nearly 90% of those travelers, about 592,000, will drive to their destinations – 0.7% increase over 2014. Those travelers taking a road trip are expected to experience the lowest gas prices […]

The Postal Service expects to deliver a total of approximately 15.5 billion cards, letters, flats, and packages during the 2015 holiday season. In addition, they are projecting approximately 600 million packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, which is an increase of 10.5 percent over last year’s volume. In time for the holidays, the Postal Service will […]

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – According to Santee Cooper Spokesperson Mollie Gore, recent heavy rains have caused increased inflows to the Santee Cooper Lakes system, resulting in spilling operations on Lake Marion. Gore says Santee Cooper began spilling today through six primary spillway gates at the Santee Dam. The controlled spill is projected to reach 30,000 cubic feet (or 225,000 gallons) […]

MONCKS CORNER, SC – Berkeley County Supervisor Bill Peagler announced today that Berkeley County Government will be hosting an Open House and Job Fair for all open county positions on Thursday. There will be two sessions of the event. The first will be from 10:00 AM to noon, and the second will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Both […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–According to Berkeley County Spokesperson Michael Mule, ten temporary employees were ‘administratively separated’ effective Saturday, October 31, 2015. On Friday, October 30, 2015 – Mule says six full-time employees were ‘administratively separated’ but will receive pay, insurance and benefits through November 30th. Mule says these sixteen employees have been offered the opportunity to seek a new position within county […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–A&R Bulk-Pak, Inc., a contract packaging company specializing in the packaging and distribution of plastics for overseas export, is establishing operations in Berkeley County. In an effort to better serve its expanding customer base and handle the coming plastics production surge from the Gulf Coast, the 30-year company is investing in the construction of a $7.5 million state-of-the-art […]

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Governor Nikki Haley announced Wednesday that United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has issued a disaster designation for Berkeley County and numerous other counties in South Carolina that suffered damage and losses due to heavy rains and flooding. The governor requested the disaster designation in an October 19 letter. A secretarial disaster designation makes farm […]