SC Public Radio News
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Since 2005, a third of local newspapers in the U.S. have closed as newsrooms try to evolve for survival. For one South Carolina reporter, threats of buyouts and business changes haven't slowed him down.
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During a meeting on April 23, the district’s Board of Trustees approved providing legal representation for the school district and its employees named in the lawsuit.
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Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office sent out a Facebook message Tuesday letting people know that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant.
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The South Carolina Senate has started debating a budget that accelerates a planned income tax cut instead of the House plan to use $500 million to give homeowners a one-time property tax rebate.
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Seven young sea turtle patients are admitted to the Sea Turtle Care Center in Charleston, suffering from everything from ingested plastic to hooked flippers.
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U.S. News & World Report ranked six Greenville County high schools among the top 25 in its 2024-2025 Best Public High Schools in South Carolina list.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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Mike Switzer interviews Andrew Skinner, director of public relations and development for the Hispanic Alliance in Greenville, S.C.
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Mike Switzer interviews Joe Renwick, founder and co-owner of Green Energy BioFuel in Winnsboro, S.C.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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This week, we'll be talking with author Kevin Duffus about his book, The 1768 Charleston Lighthouse : Finding the Light in the Fog of History.Charleston’s first lighthouse was established on Middle Bay Island in 1768. The history of the lighthouse, however, has been lost in a fog of misinformation. Kevin Duffus conducted extensive research for his book and has been able to reconstruct the history of America’s seventh – and tallest at the time – lighthouse. Kevin will tell us about the structure's distinctive architecture inspired by Charleston's St. Michael's Church, the ingenious Irishman who designed and built it, its variety of lighting systems, its involvement in three wars, and is tragic end.
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In his book, The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration, David Nicholson tells the story of his great-grandparents, Casper George Garrett and his wife, Anna Maria, and their family.A multigenerational story of hope and resilience, The Garretts of Columbia is an American history of Black struggle, sacrifice, and achievement - a family history as American history, rich with pivotal events viewed through the lens of the Garretts's lives.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 23, 2024: we catch you up on the U.S. House passing its foreign aid package and get reaction from Sen. Lindsey Graham on the conflict; covering the Statehouse, Maayan Schechter and Russ McKinney discuss South Carolina’s judicial reform and elections, as well as energy production in the state; and more!
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 20, 2024: the latest developments in the $1.8 billion discrepancy in a state treasury account; a Boeing whistleblower who testified on Capitol Hill over safety concerns about the North Charleston produced 787 jet; Congress’s upcoming vote on tens of billions in foreign aid; a discussion about the Ukrainian war with NPR Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley; and more!
More Local and National News
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Colorado is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high. New York and California are reworking the policies, too.
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In a complaint to the airline, Pamela Hill-Veal, a retired judge, says that while on a Chicago-to-Phoenix flight, a flight attendant berated her and accused her of slamming the lavatory door.
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Federal officials threw out the first vote, ruling that Amazon improperly interfered. The results of the second vote remain inconclusive. The federal government now determines what happens next.
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The Micron project comes after the White House has announced massive investments for Intel, TSMC and Samsung in recent weeks using funds from the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.
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Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut.
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Caleb Williams is expected to be taken No. 1 by the Chicago Bears in Thursday's NFL Draft. Williams, who played quarterback at Southern California and Oklahoma, faced challenges at a young age.
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After studying various species earlier this month, some scientists now say they understand the origin of animal behavior during solar eclipses.
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Trump's argument for immunity is broad: He contends that he cannot be prosecuted for his "official acts" as president unless he is first impeached, convicted by the Senate and removed from office.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
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The aid workers were killed April 1 when a succession of Israeli armed drones ripped through vehicles in their convoy as they left one of World Central Kitchen's warehouses on a food delivery mission.
South Carolina Public Radio will deepen its engagement with communities across the Palmetto State this year in an initiative called America Amplified Election 2024.
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