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Rising sea level clearly evident along South Carolina coast

The effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County, where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-29/rising-sea-level-clearly-evident-al
Sequester hits Vidalia Onion Festival

...Langley Air Force Base, Va.; Dover Air Force Base, Del.; and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas.On the South Carolina coast, the April 27-28 air show hosted by Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort remains on track ? at least for now...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-03-10/sequester-hits-vidalia-onion-festiv
Hospital proposed for closed naval base

...property.The hospital once provided services for tens of thousands of active duty and retired military along the South Carolina coast.North Charleston officials are announcing plans for the building Friday.It's located in the heart of an area...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-12-14/hospital-proposed-closed-naval-base
Ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford to run for Congress

...three terms before voters chose him as governor in 2002 and again in 2006. The district reaches south along the South Carolina coast from Charleston to the Georgia state line. Filing doesn't open until Friday but another famous name got into...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-15/ex-south-carolina-gov-mark-sa
Green laser forces helicopter search crew to land near SC coast

...S.C. - The U.S. Coast Guard says it had to abandon another air search because of green lasers along the South Carolina coast.A Charleston-based helicopter crew had just begun searching near Garden City Beach about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-08-09/green-laser-forces-helicopter-searc
Tiger Woods appears for more weekend woes

...stuck in a tree.Time was obviously running short with a black wall of storm clouds heading straight for the sunny South Carolina coast, and Tiger Woods was wearing a sense of urgency.The 36-hole co-leader in a major for the second time in two...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2012-08-11/tiger-woods-appears-more-wee
Across South Carolina

...turtles making comeback CAPE ROMAIN, S.C. - Endangered loggerhead sea turtles are making a big comeback on the South Carolina coast.Almost 4,600 loggerhead nests were recorded on the coast this year, the highest number in three decades...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-10-29/across-south-carolina
Botany Bay makes for scenic getaway on SC coast

EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. - Gary Dirr spends his afternoons beneath windblown oaks that overlook a shell-strewn beach.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/rob-pavey/2012-06-09/botany-bay-mak
Botany Bay makes for scenic getaway on SC coast

Botany Bay Plan­ta­tion, a 4,687-acre wilderness area near Edisto Beach, is one of South Caro­lina's most scenic coastal treasures.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/outdoors/rob-pavey/2012-06-10/botany-bay-mak
Beaufort Shrimp Festival on despite poor season

BEAUFORT, S.C. - It's been a dismal shrimping season along the South Carolina coast. But that won't stop folks in Beaufort from celebrating.The Beaufort Gazette reports the annual Beaufort Shrimp Festival is...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2012-10-05/beaufort-shrimp-festival-despite-po