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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The Congaree National Park southeast of Columbia is expecting floodwaters over most of its trails this week.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  An environmental group has sued Santee Cooper, saying the state-owned utility has known for more than a decade that arsenic was seeping from its coal-fired power plant In Conway.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The state-owned utility Santee Cooper plans to enclose coal ash ponds at a closed power plant in Horry County with a cement vault to prevent contamination.

Monday, February 25, 2013  South Carolina's state-owned utility has agreed to loan the Laurens County Development Commission $1.5 million to build a shell building.

Friday, February 22, 2013  An environmental group has filed a complaint with a federal agency about pollution at a Santee Cooper plant in Conway.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Scientists from Clemson University are to deliver an update on their research into peanut farming.

Saturday, December 08, 2012  An empty lot was left Saturday on Santee Ave. after an early morning fire burned the home to the ground.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing Santee man.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Environmental groups are suing to force a South Carolina agency to issue a new permit for a pools used to store coal ash.

Friday, August 10, 2012  An environmental group says South Carolina's coal-fired power plants and paper mills are keeping the state among the nation's worst industrial polluters.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  A man who reported his father missing at a New York beach faces charges that include conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.

Friday, August 03, 2012  Golf and health care are among the topics on the schedule as U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn's brings the Rudolph Canzater Memorial Classic back to Santee.

Monday, July 23, 2012  Berkeley County authorities have released the name of a Lexington County man killed after he jumped from a bridge support into a canal.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  The death of a man outside of a Santee gentleman's club is being investigated by the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office.

Monday, July 02, 2012  Regulators have chosen two new resident inspectors at a South Carolina nuclear plant where two new reactors will soon be constructed.