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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  President Barack Obama's proposed budget includes more than $1 million to continue studies for the $300 million deepening of the Charleston Harbor shipping channel.

Friday, March 22, 2013  One person has died in a fire at Folly Beach.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  A group on Folly Beach is launching an effort to bring limited drinking back to the beach southwest of Charleston.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  Authorities say a con man wanted on fraud charges in Indiana has been hiding out in the Charleston area.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  A popular beachfront park on the South Carolina coast may never reopen because of a dispute between park officials and conservationists.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The Army Corps of Engineers says the storm took up to 100,000 cubic yards of sand from Folly Beach.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Hurricane Sandy took a chunk out of Folly Beach.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  The temporary ban on drinking on the beach at Folly Beach is now permanent.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Two sea turtles are returning to the Atlantic Ocean after months of rehabilitation at the sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium.

Saturday, July 28, 2012  South Carolina's Folly Beach is one of the latest communities in the nation to ban alcohol on the shore.

Friday, July 13, 2012  Folly Beach voters will decide in November whether they want to make permanent a ban on alcohol on the beach.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Two people have died and six others were hurt in a two-car wreck at Folly Beach.

Monday, December 26, 2011  Folly Beach will be feeling the effects of Hurricane Irene well into 2012 if U.S. Rep. Tim Scott's prediction comes true. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that Scott inspected widespread erosion on Folly Beach Saturday.

Saturday, November 26, 2011  Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin wants to make one thing clear: whatever you may have heard over email, he's not in London and he doesn't need $1,400.

Friday, October 21, 2011  29-year-old Michael L. Miller and a 22-year-old Folly Beach woman were arrested around 3 a.m. Oct. 14 at the Charleston Museum.