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Friday, June 14, 2013  The Marine Corps says that two staff noncommissioned officers have been charged in a hazing incident at the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort.

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say strong currents in the Ashepoo River likely contributed to the drowning of a 13-year-old Beaufort boy.

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.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Students at a Bluffton middle school want to make sure the world knows about Daufuskie Island.

Monday, January 21, 2013  Education officials say cuts in bonuses and financial assistance to pay for the program are reasons why fewer South Carolina teachers are earning a top credential.

Monday, January 07, 2013  State officials say the number of first-time applicants for a concealed weapons permit in South Carolina nearly tripled in 2012.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  Beaufort City Council is expected to consider whether to allow boat hotels at the city's downtown marina.

Monday, October 22, 2012  U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson says he will keep trying to get the Beaufort National Cemetery expanded, even though he will no longer represent the area next year.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  The Beaufort County School District is installing video cameras on all of the district's 166 schools buses.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Beaufort will be the setting for a new reality television show.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson says he's one of the only lawmakers in South Carolina who is politically incorrect enough to favor a new port terminal in Jasper County.

Monday, June 04, 2012  A Beaufort Marine Corps air squadron is abandoning its recently adopted nickname of Crusaders.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011  A woman is suing a Bluffton bar because a bartender didn't check her age before serving her on the night of the 2009 wreck that paralyzed her. The Beaufort Gazette reports that Chelsea Hess, who was then 20 years old, is a paraplegic because of the accident.