Jessica Wade

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Jessica Wade

PORT ROYAL — Music blared from a portable speaker as a dozen volunteers unloaded mesh bags of oyster shells from a boat on the Beaufort River. In the distance, the tabby walls of Fort Frederick stood stoic guard over the water — just as they have done for more than 290 years. The same walls serenaded by a playlist of rock music on a recent afternoon were standing during the American Revolution and Civil War.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Jessica Wade

BEAUFORT — U.S. Rep. James Clyburn is traversing South Carolina congressional districts in order to reach residents and give them a chance to connect with a Washington representative. Even if it isn't their own. Attendees filled an auditorium on the Technical College of the Lowcountry campus in Beaufort on April 24 to hear from the lone Democratic member of the Palmetto State’s congressional delegation. The venue sits in S.C.'s 1st congressional district, which is held by U.S. Rep.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jessica Wade

The email was waiting for South Carolina Humanities leader Randy Akers bright and early April 3. It came overnight from the acting chair of the National Endowment for Humanities to inform the nonprofit of major cuts in funding by the Department of Government Efficiency. Widespread layoffs and rescinded grant funding by DOGE have left humanities councils across the country reeling.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jessica Wade

The National Parks Service has reversed course and restored references of celebrated abolitionist Harriet Tubman to its webpage about the Underground Railroad. A quote and image of the legendary freedom fighter — who also served a pivotal role in Beaufort County and the S.C. Lowcountry during the Civil War — that led the park service's Underground Railroad webpage disappeared recently during an effort to scrub federal websites of certain content.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Jessica Wade

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — There are a few things to know before the crab traps and nets hit the water this summer. Starting July 1, new laws on blue crab fishery will go into effect in South Carolina waterways. The changes, which passed after a fraught legislative battle in 2024, aim to get a handle on what some call the state's "wild west" blue crab regulations.