https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316843601.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/d9e7c252-22e1-4801-9fa5-a66b07d76c19/1_th.jpg Shipping containers still banned for housing but code changed for SC farmers The Beaufort County Natural Resources Committee voted on Aug. 3, 2026, to amend the community development code to allow farmers to use shipping containers for agricultural purposes. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316843601.html/video-embed 82 2026-08-11T18:43:07Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/untamed-lowcountry/article316800887.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/29fbdf18-06b2-49ab-b0b5-f2e0f7cb584f/1_th.jpg Rattlesnake swims the length of a Hilton Head Island pool Jill McIlvaine of Hilton Head Island submitted this video of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake swimming through their pool in August of 2026. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/untamed-lowcountry/article316800887.html/video-embed 82 2026-08-11T18:44:33Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316856256.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/6a0aef29-04a2-49c8-bf0e-20f67a607f01/1_th.jpg How Beaufort County voted in the late Lindsey Graham's Senate seat Unofficial results in Beaufort County in the Aug. 12, 2026, South Carolina Senate Primary for the late Lindsey Graham's seat. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316856256.html/video-embed 50 2026-08-12T16:37:45Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316842479.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/810104f7-2b4e-4b9f-9c4b-344c4562d54e/1_th.jpg Animation shows how Hilton Head's US 278 traffic would keep moving at Squire Pope At a Town of Hilton Head Island Town Council workshop on July 28, 2026, engineers proposed reconfiguring intersections along U.S. 278. This video shows the proposal for the Squire Pope intersection. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316842479.html/video-embed 51 2026-08-11T17:35:20Z no