https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316640980.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/afb5faae-69aa-40b9-a034-11996e657c93/1_th.jpg "Texas air conditioning:" Expert explains why data centers use so much water Andrew Chien, a professor at the University of Chicago and also a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, explains June 24, 2025, why data centers use so much water in an interview with SciLine, based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316640980.html/video-embed 102 2026-07-24T13:28:08Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316597004.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/bd4656d7-0c05-464a-b018-5e7b632a4a3c/1_th.jpg Tree cutting by Dominion Energy frustrates Beaufort residents, city officials Beaufort residents stood before city council at a July 7, 2026, work session seeking answers to the tree cutting underway by Dominion Energy that they feel is too severe. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316597004.html/video-embed 56 2026-07-21T17:23:40Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316554968.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/94ea05b4-2065-4ba5-a62d-db030c8f8743/1_th.jpg Here are the charges for the 7 arrested in July 4 beach shooting on Hilton Head Beaufort County Sheriff PJ Tanner and Duffie Stone, solicitor for the 14th circuit, held a media briefing on July 17, 2026, about another arrest and indictments of those seven involved in the July 4 beach shooting on Hilton Head Island. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316554968.html/video-embed 90 2026-07-17T20:03:31Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316584596.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/dc8144df-6bf5-4d22-90d7-592a1cad2bc6/2_th.jpg Hilton Head bought the former Wild Wing Café for $4 million. Here are 3 possible uses In 2023, the Town of Hilton Head bought the former Wild Wing Café for $4 million after the restaurant closed. On July 14, 2026, the town spent $100,000 to end a deed restriction, losing several parking spaces. Here are some plans for its future use. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/article316584596.html/video-embed 58 2026-07-20T20:24:56Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316549330.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/3ab2d250-afda-4111-972b-139a9004925d/1_th.jpg SC man greets passing motorists with a wave. Here's why Three-days a week since 2009, Thomas Allen Sr. sits on the side of Hwy. 21 in Beaufort County, S.C. greeting passing motorists with a wave. In this recording made on July 17, 2026, would make his 17th year of waving. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316549330.html/video-embed 54 2026-07-17T14:39:39Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316600169.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/ae3d6bd2-1038-4ce4-bf49-68dbc744d9d4/1_th.jpg These cords were cut on Flock LPR cameras, police report says Ben LeGrand, reporter with the Island Packet, went out to survey four Flock license plate reading cameras whose cords were cut or disconnected in greater Bluffton that he found in a July 11, 2026, police report. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article316600169.html/video-embed 48 2026-07-21T19:49:27Z no