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Charleston County is gearing up to ask voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase for $2 billion in transportation projects, and the proposed list doesn’t include the completion of Interstate 526 across James and Johns islands. → Read More
The management of an upscale condominium at the tip of Charleston’s historic district says a man defecating in its foyer proves how badly public restrooms are needed south of Broad Street. → Read More
Some Charleston City Council members continue to push for an ordinance to lessen the Planning Commission’s clout. → Read More
The need for affordable housing on Charleston’s peninsula is growing more urgent as prices skyrocket, but solutions to build more lower-cost units are elusive. → Read More
The Historic Charleston Foundation tonight is holding a forum on housing affordability on the peninsula at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at the Charleston Museum at 360 Meeting St. → Read More
A group is forming to promote a referendum for another half-cent sales tax for roads in Charleston County, says Jim Rozier, former Berkeley County supervisor and former chairman of the S.C. Department of Transportation commission. → Read More
A Muslim woman who had been accepted at The Citadel and her family are considering taking legal action after the military college Tuesday denied her request to wear a hijab, said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations. → Read More
Ten days before the beachfront wedding of Elena Guidry’s dreams, a devastating fire closed The Citadel Beach Club, leaving her scrambling for a new venue. → Read More
Charleston’s review of on-street parking in some downtown neighborhoods is pitting residents concerned about bars and restaurants against churches whose services can last two or three hours. → Read More
It’s going to take a little longer to bring back to life the area where the old Cooper River bridges once touched down. → Read More
AWENDAW — The state Department of Health and Environmental Control is allowing work to resume on a future park site here. → Read More
A bus stop or route change can be tough on people who rely on public transportation, especially those who are elderly. → Read More
It’s a long shot, but the city of Charleston is going to push a plan to complete Interstate 526 across Johns and James islands by building it as a toll road and asking county voters to approve a sales tax increase. → Read More
It’s going to be a pivotal week for the completion of Interstate 526 across Johns and James islands, one that could sound the project’s death knell or jumpstart it with a toll road plan. → Read More
AWENDAW — Work continues on a park site for this tiny town east of the Cooper River, despite an order from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control that it stop. → Read More
It wouldn’t be easy to complete Interstate 526 across Johns and James as a toll road, says Mike Wooten, chairman of the state Department of Transportation Commission. → Read More
COLUMBIA — A proposal to have the state contribute another $5 million to the International African American Museum this year cleared its first hurdle on Thursday. → Read More
JOHNS ISLAND — Charleston County hopes to widen Maybank Highway without cutting down even one grand live oak tree, but the sprawling root systems and lateral limbs put a few trees at risk. → Read More
State Rep. Chip Limehouse is pushing hard to keep the Interstate 526 completion project alive by proposing it be built as a toll road, but it remains unclear if the plan can get federal approval. → Read More
North Charleston police responded to a possible shooting around 4 p.m. Saturday in a parking lot at 2000 McMillan Avenue, according to police spokesman Spencer Pryor. → Read More