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      <title>Invasive yellow-legged hornets from Asia butcher bees in the Lowcountry</title>
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      <description>Discovered in Georgia three years ago, yellow-legged hornets have made their way to the Lowcountry. The elusive and skilled hunters threaten the lives of honeybees.</description>
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      <title>ALPR cameras have been in South Carolina for a while. So why the backlash now?</title>
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      <description>A growing number of news stories show that more South Carolinians are (quite literally) striking back against automated license plate readers. The moment is prompting some deep questions.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A win, a loss, and a conversation on data centers in Spartanburg</title>
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      <description>County planners upheld a denial for one data center while state officials said they won't regulate another.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Reagan Knight</dc:creator>
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      <title>Palmetto Project CEO Aaron Polkey discusses Dolly Parton's impact on childhood literacy</title>
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      <description>Morning Edition Host Kristina Thacker talks with the Palmetto Project about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sen. Darline Graham wins GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina</title>
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      <description>In a major win for President Trump who went all in for the political newcomer, Sen. Darline Graham beat out longtime Congressman Ralph Norman in a special election primary runoff in South Carolina.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:47:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>300-year-old ‘Witness Tree’ at Eutaw Springs undergoes restoration for America’s 250th</title>
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      <description>A tree that stood through one of the Revolutionary War’s final battles is now getting a second chance to survive for generations to come.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Reagan Knight</dc:creator>
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      <title>USC collection opens a window into Black Columbia during the Jim Crow era</title>
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      <description>The collection of photographs by Richard Samuel Roberts offers a rare look at Black families, businesses, schools, and communities in early 20th-century Columbia.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jada Washington</dc:creator>
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      <title>Remembrances and history of now demolished downtown Charleston YWCA</title>
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      <description>The Coming Street YWCA, built in 1964, played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. It's been demolished by the College of Charleston as the school hopes to build new dorms.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Victoria Hansen</dc:creator>
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      <title>A conversation with DPH on the West Nile Virus outbreak</title>
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      <description>ATC host Reagan Knight spoke with South Carolina Department of Public Health Dr. Martha Buchanan, the bureau director of communicable disease prevention and control, about the West Nile Virus outbreak.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:13:43 GMT</pubDate>
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