https://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/south-carolina/article316775969.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/1964f7d2-500e-438b-ae86-89415be3e1c0/1_th.jpg To keep traffic moving, SCDOT is using continuous green signals. Here's how it works S.C. Department of Transportation's widening of U.S. 17 in Jasper County —completed on July 31, 2026, — included adding a continuous green signal at its intersection with S.C. 315. Here’s how it works. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/state/south-carolina/article316775969.html/video-embed 69 2026-08-05T16:41:41Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/article316790481.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/b1cfbc40-87dd-4e1c-881f-eecf4993420a/1_th.jpg Drone footage shows derelict boats removed from SC river Beaufort County Public Works and the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) removes the late Vo Sing Cong’s boats on Aug. 6, 2026, at Alloy Boat Landing in Bluffton. SCDNR marked the boats as derelict so they could be removed from the waterway. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/article316790481.html/video-embed 36 2026-08-06T18:02:40Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316767389.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/b849700a-5f16-424b-b439-f5a9cd34c514/1_th.jpg 3 concerns people have about data centers, expert says Andrew Chien, professor at the University of Chicago and a senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, explains the three major reasons people are concerned with data centers in an interview on June 24, 2025, conducted by SciLine, based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316767389.html/video-embed 147 2026-08-04T22:39:20Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316764235.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/f1bd7d2c-1f54-46a1-b0c9-da2cf0823eb0/1_th.jpg Data centers aren't listed in Beaufort County code. Where could they be built? In this video excerpt, Robert Merchant, director of planning and zoning, speaks at the Aug. 3, 2026, Beaufort County Natural Resources Committee meeting explaining current code does not include specific information on where a data center could be built. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article316764235.html/video-embed 53 2026-08-04T18:18:27Z no https://www.islandpacket.com/news/article316788680.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/73632c41-77d0-493b-8006-05be483a7692/1_th.jpg Boats removed by SCDNR was a friend of Bluffton mayor: "My right-hand man" Mayor Larry Toomer speaks about his friend of 30 years, Vo Sing Cong, who died earlier this year on his boats moored on the May River. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources led the removal of Cong's boats on Aug. 6, 2026, at the Alljoy Boat Landing in Bluffton. https://www.islandpacket.com/news/article316788680.html/video-embed 43 2026-08-06T17:35:33Z no