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Mark Sanford wins S.C. 1st Congressional District seat

...congressman, Tim Scott, to fill DeMint's seat. Colbert Busch had said after she voted in Mount Pleasant, across the Cooper River from Charleston, that she felt positive and encouraged. But in the end, despite Sanford's past being an issue for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-07/mark-sanford-wins-sc-1st
Voters put Sanford back in US House

...congressman, Tim Scott, to fill DeMint's seat.Colbert Busch had said after she voted in Mount Pleasant, across the Cooper River from Charleston, that she felt positive and encouraged. But in the end, despite Sanford's past being an issue for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-07/voters-put-sanford-back-us-house
SC bridge broken, paper reports

...reports that one of its photographers hoped to use the elevators to get to the top of the bridge to take pictures of the Cooper River Bridge Run next weekend.But the Department of Transportation told the newspaper the elevators are functioning, but...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-03-30/sc-bridge-broken-paper-repor
Charleston has lot of freebies for visitors

...market.THE WATERFRONT PARK: The Waterfront Park on the Cooper River is a gem from the recent past. The eight-acre park...Bridge linking Charleston and Mount Pleasant across the Cooper River is stunning to look at and more stunning to look off...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/2013-04-06/charleston-has-lot-freebies-visitor
Cruise terminal permit delayed as state seeks additional information from ports

...period, the letter saidThe authority proposes to create a new terminal out of a warehouse at its Union Terminal on the Cooper River to replace its existing aging terminal. It needs a state permit because work to put elevators in the area means alterations...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-07-25/cruise-terminal-permit-delayed-stat
S.C. officials delay Carnival cruise terminal plan

...to the South Carolina State Ports Authority plan to create the new terminal in an old warehouse on the Charleston's Cooper River waterfront.Originally, the authority applied for a permit to drive pilings into the riverfront beneath the terminal...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-08-03/sc-officials-delay-carni
Visitation hits record at Fort Sumter

...she said.On Friday, both Civil War buffs and more casual visitors were in the Fort Sumter tour boat facility on the Cooper River waiting to take the ferry to the fort.Durell Goode of Atlanta, a disabled veteran, said he has wanted to come to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-04-06/visitation-hits-record-fort-sumter
Debate over Charleston's cruise industry continues

...Carolina State Ports Authority plans to create a new $35 million cruise terminal by renovating a dockside warehouse up the Cooper River from its present aging cinderblock terminal that is more than 40 years old.That's drawn fire from residents of the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-04-22/debate-over-charlestons-cruise-indu
Respirators in river help fish to breathe

...compared the dissolved oxygen improvements recorded in the Savannah River with levels measured over the same period in the Cooper River at Charleston, S.C. He found oxygen levels rose in both rivers by the same amount ? about seven-tenths of a milligram...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-04-28/respirators-river-help-fish-b
Fish passage at New Savannah Bluff Dam studied

...were found farther inland than anyone expected.The fish came in from the sea at Charleston and made their way up the Cooper River, through both Santee lakes and eventually into the Wateree River. One was found just below Wateree Dam and the other...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2011-08-27/fish-passage-new-savannah-bluff-d