SC Supreme Court: Breaking smoking ban not a crime Found: 4 Months 19 Hours 47 Minutes ago The State - The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned the penalties for violating the smoking ban on Sullivans Island, but the justices still agree the bans are legal .In the unanimous decision Monday, the justices decided while the town could ban smoking in workplaces, it couldn't make violations a crime because smoking in the workplace isn't against state law.The original law called for a $500 fine and 30 days in jail for violators.Sullivans Island officials say they have since changed their law to match more than a dozen other local governments across the state who make the violation a civil penalty with a much lower fine.Supporters of smoking bans say about six more have been passed since the bans were upheld five months ago....
Hanna has eyes on South Carolina ?
Found: 4 Months 5 Days 5 Hours 36 Minutes ago Upstate Today - With Gustav gone from the Gulf Coast, residents elsewhere in the Southeast got their turn Wednesday to decide whether to stay or go ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, expected to regain hurricane strength by the weekend.
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It's Atlantic Coast's turn as Hanna eyes Southeast Found: 4 Months 5 Days 16 Hours 8 Minutes ago Times Democrat - CHARLESTON, S.C. - With Gustav gone from the Gulf Coast, residents elsewhere in the Southeast got their turn Wednesday to decide whether to stay or go ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, expected to regain hurricane strength by the weekend....
Exclusive: Sanford eyes future outside politics Found: 4 Months 1 Week 1 Hour 25 Minutes ago The State - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Mark Sanford said he does not believe he will again run for elective office after his second, and final, term expires in 2010.A former U.S. representative, Sanford believes he could wield more influence on issues he cares about outside of a legislative body.“I’ve learned never to say never,” Sanford said, “but if I had wanted to run for U.S. Senate I would have done it last time (when Fritz Hollings retired in 2004), when there wasn’t an incumbent.“Politics for the rest of my life is not (in my plans). ... Life doesn’t end when politics end.”South Carolina politicos have speculated about Sanford’s future, especially if U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham leaves office to join a John McCain administration....
Sanford leaning against another run for office Found: 4 Months 1 Week 6 Hours 26 Minutes ago The Herald - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Gov. Mark Sanford said he does not believe he will again run for elective office after his second, and final, term expires in 2010....
Legal setback for man who claims he found Hunley Found: 4 Months 2 Weeks 16 Hours 50 Minutes ago The State - An underwater archaeologist who claims he found the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley said Monday he will keep fighting for official credit for the discovery, despite a lawsuit over the matter being dismissed.Lee Spence claimed he found the Hunley in 1970 when a fishing net snagged on the submarine's wreckage and says he has the documents to prove it. But the state gave shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler credit, saying he located the sub off Sullivans Island near Charleston in 1995.Cussler's National Underwater and Marine Agency sued Spence, arguing that his claim of finding the submarine damaged the agency's reputation. Cussler's agency still believes its allegations are correct but "does not desire to pursue litigation against a defendant who, in turn, has professed such litigation has caused him mental trauma resulting in institutionalization and in assorted physical aliments,"according to court documents filed Friday.Spence said he will keep fighting for credit, but doesn't know exactly what his next step will be."I'm extremely disappointed that they have dropped this suit. I don't know what other solutions are available to me. But this certainly does not settle who found it,"Spence said....
Use it or not, Sullivans Island charges for water Found: 5 Months 5 Days 19 Hours 23 Minutes ago Times Democrat - CHARLESTON, S.C. - Some folks on Sullivans Island don't use any water and aren't even hooked up to the local water system. But all property owners in the town will soon be paying a water bill....
Gas costs, looting reasons to stay?
Found: 5 Months 6 Days 23 Hours 53 Minutes ago Post & Courier - "Don't arrest anybody. Beat 'em. We have nowhere to put them." Gasoline. Looters. That's why one in every four people who live within 20 miles of the coast won't evacuate in the face of a hurricane, even if evacuations are ordered. The numbers come from a phone survey commissioned by...
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SC group poised to finish drafting climate report Found: 6 Months 4 Days 15 Hours 36 Minutes ago Times Democrat - COLUMBIA, S.C. - A panel assembled by South Carolina's governor has 50 recommendations on how the state can reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
