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1 week ago | 
wbtv.com | Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins |Katie Kamin
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A firing squad executed a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state has carried out that method in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Orangeburg County Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm in Calhoun County.(South Carolina Department of Corrections)Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer.
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3 weeks ago | 
wmbfnews.com | Patrick Phillips |Mary Green |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A South Carolina Senate subcommittee voted Thursday against advancing the nomination of the man Gov. Henry McMaster chose to run the Department of Public Health. Dr. Edward Simmer would be the first physician to head the agency which was created when the former Department of Health and Environmental Control was split into two agencies.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebusinessjournal.com | Jeffrey Collins |Ben Hensley
Adobe Stock image In the state battles to adopt the lowest and most attractive tax policies, South Carolina Republicans are making an interesting gambit: they want to raise income taxes for about 60% of filers in 2026. Supporters say it’s short term pain for the long term gain of establishing a flat income tax rate.
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3 weeks ago | 
carolinacoastonline.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Mountain was the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen wildfires in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas, fed by dry conditions and millions of trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene in 2024 and began decaying into tinderbox fuel.
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3 weeks ago | 
rockymounttelegram.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Mountain was the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen wildfires in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas, fed by dry conditions and millions of trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene in 2024 and began decaying into tinderbox fuel.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
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3 weeks ago | 
houstonchronicle.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Mountain was the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen wildfires in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas, fed by dry conditions and millions of trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene in 2024 and began decaying into tinderbox fuel.
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3 weeks ago | 
kark.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
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3 weeks ago | 
kdhnews.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Mountain was the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen wildfires in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas, fed by dry conditions and millions of trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene in 2024 and began decaying into tinderbox fuel. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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4 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Jeffrey Collins |Brittany Peterson
When Nicole Taylor and her family moved to their new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous view of Table Rock Mountain was the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen wildfires in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Carolinas, fed by dry conditions and millions of trees that were knocked down by Hurricane Helene in 2024 and began decaying into tinderbox fuel.
