Author: Associated Press

Possible billions in gold sparks SC mine expansion

KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) – Potentially rich deposits of gold in South Carolina are fueling a proposed expansion of a huge mine that has some excited about the prospect of 250 new jobs in a tiny community halfway between Columbia and Charlotte. OceanaGold’s expansion plan says the Australia-based company would increase its existing 4,552-acre (1842 hectare) Haile Gold Mine site by…

Cash injection by lawmakers leads to law school tuition cut

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina residents will pay less to go to the state’s only public law school next year. The State newspaper of Columbia reports that in-state tuition will fall $5,100 next year at the University of South Carolina School of Law. That’s thanks in part to an injection of new money by the General Assembly into public colleges and…

Clemson student dies after fall from roof, officials say

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A 20-year-old Clemson University student has died after falling from a roof. The Pickens County coroner tells local news outlets that Thomas Heard Few of Greenville was pronounced dead early Sunday after he was taken to a Greenville hospital. Clemson police say they arrived to find Few lying on the ground after they were called around 12:45…

JetBlue to end twice-daily nonstops between Charleston, DC

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – JetBlue Airways is ending its twice-daily nonstop service between Charleston and Washington, D.C. this fall. The last flight is scheduled for Oct. 26. The Post and Courier reports JetBlue launched twice-weekly service in 2014 to D.C., a year after touching down in Charleston with initial flights to New York and Boston. Charleston airport CEO Paul Campbell…