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Crews cutting down centuries-old tree in Wando area Crews are in the process of cutting down a centuries-old tree in the Wando area Tuesday night. (Source: Live 5 News) By Live 5 Web Staff | February 9, 2021 at 9:08 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 9:08 PM WANDO, S.C. (WCSC) - Crews are in the process of cutting down a centuries-old tree in the Wando area Tuesday night. Crews are removing the tree, dubbed “The Meeting Tree,” since it’s standing in the way of the Clements Ferry Road ...

‘Bin Yah’ Celebrating the Cainhoy peninsula’s Gullah-Geechee ties By:  Elizabeth Bush Author Herb Frazier can still picture the scene in his mind. It took place about 15 years ago, when he was conducting research for his book, “Behind God’s Back: Gullah Memories — Cainhoy, Wando, Huger, Daniel Island, St. Thomas Island, South Carolina.”    Frazier was visiting the home of Cainhoy peninsula native Harold Lincoln Sr., who was then nearing his 93rd birthday. Lincoln had spent h...

Crews ready to take down centuries-old tree in Wando area By Live 5 Web Staff | February 8, 2021 at 11:23 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 9:06 AM WANDO, S.C. (WCSC) - Crews are getting ready to take down a centuries-old tree in the Wando area late Monday night. The tree is dubbed “The Meeting Tree” and it’s standing in the way of the Clements Ferry Road widening project. Berkeley County officials decided to move forward with the project because two history groups say it wasn�...

What Little We Know About Jang Bogo The historical period of  Korea in which Jang Bogo lived is known in history as the Later Silla period. This refers to Silla, one of the three major kingdoms of Korea, in the period after it conquered its neighboring kingdoms: Goguryeo and Baekje. Also called the Unified Silla kingdom, it rose as a prosperous and powerful kingdom, alongside the Tamna state on Jeju Island, and the so-called Little Goguryeo far in the north. Unified Silla and its ruling dy...

Ando Debuts Digital Banking That Proactively Combats Climate Change, Gives Complete Transparency To Customers Free Banking Service Guarantees Customer Deposits Are Used to Reduce Emissions News provided by Share this article SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching today, Ando is an innovative mobile banking app that empowers people everywhere to proactively combat the urgent climate crisis simply through everyday banking. Ando gives customers full transparency into how theyre helpi...

Coroner releases name of man killed in moped-vehicle collision Charleston County Coroner Bobbi Jo O’Neal say Galdino Gonzales, 40, of Mount Pleasant died at the Medical University of South Carolina at 6:21 p.m. on Jan. 8. (Source: AP) By Riley Bean | January 13, 2021 at 12:56 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 12:56 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Coroner’s Office says they have identified a man who died after a moped versus vehicle crash. Charleston County Coron...

South Carolina Ports defends hybrid labor model An unfair labor practice charge has been filed before any containers have been moved at the South Carolina Ports Authority’s new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. At issue is a contract clause that basically says all work at a proposed terminal should be done by International Longshoremen’s Association workers. The SCPA argues the soon-to-open Leatherman Terminal at the Port of Charleston was laid out years before the clause was added to the contra...

South Carolina Ports defends hybrid labor model Port authority and state call ILA’s attempt to completely staff new container terminal unfair labor practice 1 3,199 5 minutes read Cranes arrive at the Port of Charleston for the new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. (Photo: SCPA/Walter Lagarenne) An unfair labor practice charge has been filed before any containers have been moved at the South Carolina Ports Authority’s new Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal. At issue is a contract clause that ...

Fifteen hybrid RTG cranes sailed into Charleston, headed for the Leatherman Terminal. In the distance, ship-to-shore cranes work vessels at Wando Welch Terminal.  Enlgish Purcell/PROVIDED BY SCPA The arrival of new cargo-handling equipment is significant as SC Ports prepares to welcome the first cargo ship to the Leatherman Terminal in March. “It is always an exciting day when new cranes come through Charleston Harbor,” SC Ports CEO Jim Newsome s...

Charleston Countys main library on Calhoun Street will be closed temporarily as a contractor sanitizes the building. A staff member there tested positive for COVID-19, according to the library system, so other staff whove been in contact with them are quarantining. Library staff expect the building and book return to reopen on Saturday, spokesman Doug Reynolds said. The closure comes as 2,023 more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus and nearly 40 more people in the Palmetto State d...