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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.

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

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.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Horry County police released more details Thursday morning about the North Carolina man they say carjacked two drivers, caused two crashes, and tried to jump a river in the car.

Saturday, April 24, 2010  The body of a missing South Carolina boater has been found in the Waccamaw River.