South Carolina
Spartanburg city council approves hate crime ordinance
Spartanburg City is the second municipality in Spartanburg County to approve a hate crime ordinance. It follows Wellford, which approved its ordinance in 2024.
State and Local Government
Local governments in the Carolinas to meet next week
NC DEQ schedules public hearings in Lexington and Mooresville in November to consider air permit modifications for Transco’s proposed pipeline expansion
South Carolina
South Carolina has 12 measles cases tied to Upstate outbreak
Spartanburg and Greenville counties are located on Interstate 85 between Charlotte and Atlanta
Local Government
BRIEFS: Local governments in the Carolinas to meet next week
Down Ballot Staff Reports Durham City Council will meet Monday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and one of the agenda items deal with the second amendment to the building services agreement between the city and The Carolina Theatre. Public hearing items include designating The Chicken Hut as a local
Abortion
S.C. Senate subcommittee to hold Oct. 1 meeting on anti-abortion bill
Written and electronic correspondence must be received by Monday, Sept. 29 at 9 am.
State and Local Government
Next phase of American Tobacco waterline replacement starts in Durham on Monday, Sept. 15
Spartanburg County Council to consider joint industrial park with Cherokee County
climate change
Duke Health aims for statewide expansion
Growth collides with rising seas in Charleston, Why Dozens of Killings In Mississippi Prisons Go Unanswered, Feds Cancel Study on Health Impacts of Industrialized Hog Farms That Produce Biogas
South Carolina
UPDATE: Boil water advisory that started Thursday in York County is lifted
UPDATE: According to York County, water test results are clear and the advisory is lifted for all customers. On Thursday afternoon the presence of E.Coli bacteria was detected in a water sample taken from the water system in western York County. York County Water routinely takes 30 water samples
State and Local Government
Briefs: York County, SC boil water advisory lifted
N.C. accepting applications for Helene-related repairs; Asheville and Greenville, N.C. councils meet next week; Gas line rupture near Southport is mitigated
York County
UPDATE: Water main repairs to go beyond 5 pm
Boil water advisory still in effect
Local Government
Each New Hanover County Schools campus to have an on-site nurse
5 local governments meeting on Tuesday
Local Government
Local government meeting schedules in the Carolinas
Five meetings on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025; One on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025