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Friday, February 15, 2013  The director of the state tourism department predicts this is the year the $15 billion industry returns to pre-Great Recession levels.

Sunday, January 27, 2013  A new South Carolina tourism season is approaching, and the director of the state tourism department predicts this is the year the $15 billion industry returns to pre-Great Recession levels.

Friday, April 20, 2012  Federal regulators want to know if, and where, leases for drilling oil and natural gas should be issued along the mid- and south Atlantic coast.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Federal regulators are meeting in South Carolina this week to take up annual catch limits for species of fish caught off the Southeast coast.

Friday, September 18, 2009  A sprawling stretch of deep sea corals in the Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast United States has been approved for protection.