USC looking to raise $1 billion by summer of 2015
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina is embarking on the largest college fundraising campaign in the state’s history, with hopes of raising $1 billion by the summer of 2015.
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APNewsBreak: SC’s US House plan faces court test
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A top South Carolina Democratic lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit that plans for U.S. House district lines “voting apartheid.”
WWII Vet Gets Special Veterans Day Home Makeover
World War II veteran, Robert Fogle, is a 91-year-old retired U.S. Air Force flight engineer who, along with his wife, Ann, receives an unexpected makeover to his Hopkins home.
Re-enactors at SC’s Fort Moultrie this weekend
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Fort Moultrie is observing Veterans Day with living history demonstrations and re-enactors portraying the troops who were stationed at the post over the years.
SC’s Riverbanks Zoo offers free entry to veterans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens is offering free admission to all military men and women on Veterans Day.
Columbia hosting 33rd annual Veterans Day parade
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia is honoring the nation’s veterans with a parade on Veterans Day.
Joint Base Charleston hosts annual Run the Runway
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Joint Base Charleston is using its runways as the site for its annual hosting its third annual Run the Runway on Veterans Day.
SRS hosting deer hunt for wounded warriors
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — The company that manages a former nuclear weapons complex near Aiken is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Energy and several other organizations for a two-day deer hunt especially for wounded veterans.
SC Economic Advisers Predicting More Money
South Carolina legislators will have to decide what to do with an additional $770 million.
Port Expansion
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The board overseeing South Carolina’s environmental agency has approved a compromise with the Army Corps of Engineers over a permit to dredge the Savannah River.
The agency’s board voted unanimously Thursday to accept the agreement, putting Georgia and the federal government a step closer to deepening 35 miles between the Atlantic Ocean and the port of Savannah, Ga.
