Construction
As construction workforce shortages remain a challenge across the U.S., Carolinas AGC (CAGC) and the CAGC Foundation continue investing in workforce development efforts designed to build a stronger pipeline of skilled workers throughout...
Banko Overhead Doors ("Banko"), one of the Southeast's leading providers of residential garage door installation, repair, and services, has acquired Southeastern Garage Doors of Charleston, Inc. ("Southeastern Garage Doors" or "SGD"), a provider...
Education
University president, politician, jurist, and professor Alex Sanders has died. He was 88 years old.  Sanders served as president of the College of Charleston from 1992 to 2001. He was the university's...
The College of Charleston was recently awarded a $1.5 million federal grant to launch an innovative, three-year professional development partnership designed to strengthen the teaching of American history, civics, and...
Government & Regulations
The City of Charleston is modernizing on-street parking on the peninsula, moving to ParkMobile over the next several weeks and gradually phasing out physical parking meters over the next several months, with significant completion expected by...
Powerus Corporation (Nasdaq: PUSA), the Rock Hill, South Carolina-based defense technology company focused on autonomous and unmanned systems, revealed the company’s Guardian-3 counter drone interceptor this week at the Association of the United...
Manufacturing
Seven SC auto parts makers pledge to hire 200 workers, invest $82M as they expand production to meet the needs of Scout Motors.
When JBE Inc. opened in Hartsville in 1982, the “old school manufacturing company” was mainly working with metal — clinging it, grinding it, whatever the manufacturing companies the subcontractor served needed. More than 40 years later, the...
Residential Real Estate
Tri Pointe Homes, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, has acquired 60.4 acres in Bluffton, South Carolina, to develop 76 single-family homesites in the final phase of New Riverside’s 3,600-acre planned residential and mixed-use development....
ATTOM, the leading provider of property data, AI-powered intelligence, and real estate analytics solutions, today released its August 2026 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 40,277 U.S. properties with foreclosure...
Retail

Phillip Jeffries Announces New Showroom in Charleston Design District

Luxury wallcovering company Phillip Jeffries has announced plans for a showroom in the Charleston Design District at the historic Navy Yard Charleston. The 1,458-square-foot space, set to open in September, will mark the company’s first location...

Recreation Opportunity for Those With Adaptive Needs

A shared cycling experience designed to promote inclusion, connection, recreation, and fun
Restaurants

Two South Carolina Ice Cream Shops Compete for America’s Best Ice Cream

Off Track Ice Cream in Charleston and Sweet Cream Handcrafted Ice Cream in Columbia are representing South Carolina in The64.com’s second annual America’s Best Ice Cream, a nationwide public-voting tournament featuring 64 scoop shops and...

Mark Newman Officially Assumes Leadership as President, CEO of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association

The South Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association (SCRLA) announced that Mark Newman has officially begun his tenure as president and chief executive officer, effective March 30. Following a comprehensive national search, Newman takes the...