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Thursday, June 13, 2013  Port Royal has decided on an alternative to a jellyfish operation at the town docks.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A company that wants to open a plant to process jellyfish for Asian seafood markets is looking for another site in Beaufort County.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Charlie the Gator has received a reprieve and will be able to stay in a swamp on the South Carolina coast.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A seafood processing company wants to bring a jellyfish processing plant to Beaufort County creating as many as 250 jobs.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The Town of Hilton Head Island is buying more than 100 acres on the resort island -- the largest single parcel the town has acquired since it was incorporated 30 years ago.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A lawsuit brought by property owners along an abandoned Lowcountry rail line has been settled for $33 million.

Friday, December 28, 2012  This New Year's as the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, one observance will be held on the South Carolina coast where the reading has special resonance.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln makes its nationwide release in theaters Friday. The movie touches on the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery. These two documents helped to shape history right here in the Palmetto State.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  For the second time in March, a judge has refused to release video from a police dashboard camera requested by the media.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Authorities say a nude Marine who took a fire truck in Port Royal and hit six vehicles and killed a pedestrian last month was already facing federal charges.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  A nude man who stole a fire truck in Port Royal and drove off, hitting six vehicles and killing a pedestrian had fled from the Beaufort Naval Hospital before the incident.

Monday, November 14, 2011  The first black mayor and town councilman in Port Royal has retired after 38 years of public service.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  South Carolina's budget oversight board has approved selling 318 acres in Port Royal for $17 million.  The five-member Budget and Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the contract. The sale includes 265 acres of marshland.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  Most members of the Port Royal town council disagree with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford that 10 acres of former state port property should be reserved for a park.