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City of Beaufort budget plan includes property tax, trash fee increases
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Pedestrian killed Wednesday in Highway 21 wreck
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United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
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Beaufort County water-rescue group gets new gadgets
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Small kitchen fire damages Beaufort apartment Tuesday night
A kitchen fire caused minimal damage to a Beaufort apartment in the Parkview Apartment complex on Duke Street Tuesday night.
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TRAFFIC
Life on a curve: Burton woman fed up with years of car crashes in her yard
A car crashed through JoAnne Murdaugh's fence and pool on Colonial Avenue in Burton on Saturday, the fifth accident there this year and one of numerous ones in her 39 years at the address. Murdaugh has asked authorities to find a way to curb the number of cars careening through her yard.
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EDUCATION
Beaufort County school board OKs $17M in short-term borrowing, maintenance projects
The Beaufort County school board Tuesday approved borrowing $17.1 million to tide the school district over until it receives local tax revenues in December.
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BEAUFORT NEWS
Texting-while-driving ban given first round approval by Hilton Head council
An ordinance to ban texting while driving on Hilton Head Island was approved on first reading by Town Council Tuesday.
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EDUCATION
USC Beaufort raising tuition 4.9%; costs also increase for TCL students
University of South Carolina Beaufort students will see a larger increase in tuition and fees next school year compared to students at other USC campuses, but will still pay less overall.
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REAL ESTATE
Hilton Head real estate market gaining strength; home sales up
May was another solid month for the real estate market on Hilton Head Island and surrounding areas.
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LOCAL NEWS
Bluffton officials to meet with County Council reps
Bluffton Town Council will meet with Beaufort County Council members who represent the area at 4 p.m. Thursday in the large meeting room at Bluffton Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.
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LOCAL NEWS
Hilton Head budget approved with boating center, no tax increase
Hilton Head Island Town Council adopted a $62 million budget Tuesday that includes $900,000 for a long-debated sailing and rowing center, and no increase in property taxes.
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BEAUFORT NEWS
Man found dead in Ridgeland hotel parking lot; police investigating homicide
Ridgeland police are investigating a homicide after a man was found dead in a hotel parking lot earlier this week.
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BEAUFORT NEWS
Beaufort County's $99.3M budget plan coming together
Beaufort County's proposed $99.35 million budget for 2013-14 is nearly finished, and property owners should prepare for slightly higher county taxes.
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CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
Tuesday's crime reports
The following reports were released Tuesday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:
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