Beach season is here, and a few simple precautions can help keep your day safe and enjoyable. Learn to swim. If necessary, take swimming lessons, and remember that swimming in the ocean is very …

The Italian American Club of Hilton Head awarded seven $2,000 college scholarships to local high school seniors May 7. Scholarship recipients were Carter Lawson, Kori DePoe and Myla Greene of …

On Hilton Head Island, pickleball is no longer just a pastime. It is a full-blown obsession. Courts are full. Paddles are showing up everywhere. Friendly competition turns serious somewhere around …

The sign says it all: “Stand here to stay safe.” It was posted on the floor in the Savannah airport during COVID-19. The sign carried a ridiculous insinuation: Stand here and you will be safe. …

The marshes of the Lowcountry have always carried a quiet beauty. At first light the water lies still as glass, broken only by the slow pull of the tide and the distant cry of marsh birds rising from …

Lowcountry history was shaped by dreamers, conquerors, profiteers and the fierce resistance of the people who were already here. The South Carolina Lowcountry entered global history as Spain, …

As the month of June unfolds, there is a gentle shift in both season and spirit. The days grow longer, the light lingers a little while longer, and life seems to invite us to slow down just enough to …

Operation Patriots FOB welcomed its largest audience to date for the fifth annual Concert for the Heroes May 9, drawing more than 3,800 attendees to the organization’s private preserve in …

Looking for a summer getaway that’s off the beaten path but close to home? Discover the ACE Basin, one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the East Coast, located between Beaufort and …

Wildlife photographer Morgan Thompson will be the featured artist in a summer exhibition at Art League Gallery, where her images of Lowcountry birds will be on display for more than a month. The …

People ask me why I still dance ballroom. After four decades of sore feet, 10-hour days and missed family events because of competitions, you might think I would be burned out. Instead, I still love …

Before I was an artist myself, I loved visiting the shops and galleries in our small town, which even then seemed to have more than its fair share of artsy things going on. I fell in love with …

The Coastal Discovery Museum is presenting “Conceptual Threads,” an exhibition by the Art Quilters of the Lowcountry that showcases more than 60 works exploring memory, landscape, family history …

The Society of Bluffton Artists has opened a summer exhibition at Fair Winds Bar & Grill in Rose Hill Plantation, featuring a rotating collection of work by local artists and a special display …

Why does attempting to hire a contractor leave me staring at my phone like a Victorian widow awaiting news from a ship lost at sea? I needed to have some plumbing work done. Now, I’m pretty …

For many years leading up to COVID-19, I taught swim sessions for dogs that didn’t know how to swim and also provided fun venues for dogs that loved to get wet. During and after COVID-19, I …

A regional food relief effort is helping local nonprofits across the South Carolina Lowcountry and coastal Georgia meet growing demand for food assistance. On May 1, The Church of Jesus Christ …

One in three seniors will die with dementia.1 It’s a sobering statistic, and when you consider it alongside increasing longevity, it’s easy to see why planning for the potential impact of …

Beaufort County stormwater officials addressed topics at last month’s meeting of the Beaufort County Stormwater Management Utility Board that are expected to come up again when they meet June 10. …

More than 4,400 members participated in Palmetto Electric Cooperative’s 2026 Annual Meeting, where cooperative leaders highlighted economic development projects, community giving efforts and rising …