Charleston Currents

GOOD NEWS: County to replace Folly Beach pier

Staff reports | The 1,045-foot-long Folly Beach Fishing Pier will be replaced by Charleston County Parks to allow the icon to continue to serve the community. Construction is expected to start later this year.

“The 24-year-old Folly Beach Pier, while still currently safe for visitors, is deteriorating, its wooden piles impacted by marine boring worms,” according to a press release. The parks department began dive inspections of the pier pilings in 2013, and encapsulated many of the piles over the past five years in an effort to strengthen them, kill the worms and maintain the integrity of the pier. The walkway has been continually inspected as well.

by Charleston Currents · 05/06/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

GOOD NEWS: Thank you, Debi Chard!

Staff reports | People across Charleston are wishing longtime news anchor Debi Chard a happy retirement following her last broadcast on WCSC Live 5 News on March 15. Chard, who retired after 43 years with the local television station.

by Andy Brack · 03/18/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

GOOD NEWS: Food bank distributing food to furloughed federal workers

Staff reports | The Lowcountry Food Bank is is making food distributions for federal employees who are furloughed or who are working as essential employees but not getting currently paid and in need of food.

by Charleston Currents · 01/21/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

FOCUS: MUSC approves a turkey of an idea

By Lynn Bailey, special to Statehouse Report | This week, I guess in honor of the turkey, the Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees approved a turkey of an idea: the acquisition of four poorly-performing hospitals from Community Health Systems (CHS), a for-profit health company that is rapidly selling off its underperforming assets.

The hospitals to be acquired are: Chester Hospital in Chester County, Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster County, Marion Hospital in Marion County and Carolinas Hospital in Florence. Except for Carolinas Hospital in Florence, all of the hospitals are located in rural counties and are in serious danger of bankruptcy and closing.

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Additionally, CHS is unloading some more loser hospitals in the Upstate to Spartanburg Regional Health Center: Mary Black Health System in Spartanburg and Mary Black Health System in Gaffney. Spartanburg Regional Health Center is also a public health system controlled by Spartanburg County.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 11/26/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news, My Turn

11/26, full issue: MUSC’s turkey; How to spend a billion dollars; More

IN THIS ISSUE of Charleston Currents | Nov. 26, 2018

FOCUS, Bailey: MUSC approves a turkey of an idea
COMMENTARY, Brack: State should wisely target surplus funds
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Charleston RiverDogs
GOOD NEWS: New map shows real power grip in South Carolina
FEEDBACK: Two great ways to send us your thoughts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who painted this?
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jasper Johns
CALENDAR: Homegrown Holiday Bazaar set for Dec. 1 on Johns Island

by Charleston Currents · 11/26/2018 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

GOOD NEWS: Lowcountry Giving Day is just around the corner

Staff reports | It’s only two weeks until Lowcountry Giving Day, the annual day of celebration and chance for people to give to more than 350 area nonprofits.

The community-wide event is scheduled for May 2, but you can already schedule a donation to one or more charities of your choice. Click here to schedule a donation.

by Charleston Currents · 04/18/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs