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In its Friday morning meeting, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors approved multiple motions to progress work on natural gas and nuclear energy units. The nuclear site is the VC Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville.

The South Carolina Department of Public health has announced additional dates and locations for residents to receive the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, at no cost, as the total number of confirmed cases in SC this year reaches 25.

Charleston and Spartanburg County Emergency Management teams have been approved for deployment to assist with response and recovery efforts in western Alaska in the aftermath of Typhoon Halong.

Howard Knapp, the former State Election Commission executive director, and Paige Salonich, SEC's former deputy executive director, were both arrested Oct. 24.

The Dreher Shoals Dam, more commonly known as the Lake Murray Dam, has been dedicated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

The Department of Natural Resources is cracking down on people who visit Crab Bank, a seabird sanctuary in the Charleston Harbor.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health encourages the public to participate in the next National Prescription Drug Take Back on Oct. 25.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has suggested solutions to avoid a legal dispute over lawmakers' pay. The court heard arguments on Wednesday about a $1,500 monthly raise passed in June. The raise was set to start in July but was challenged by Sen. Wes Climer.

St. Patrick Catholic Church has been awarded $500,000 as part of the National Fund for Sacred Places.

QMP, Inc. will establish the company's first East Coast manufacturing operation in Walterboro.