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City of Charleston Barberry Woods Drainage Improvement Project Receives $4.6M in State Grant Funding

Charleston, S.C. -- The South Carolina Office of Resilience has awarded the city of Charleston’s Barberry Woods Drainage Improvement Project $4.6 million of funding as part of itsĀ American Rescue Plan Act Stormwater Infrastructure program. John Tecklenburg, Mayor of the City of Charleston, said, ā€œThe Barberry...

Child Falls From Emergency Bus Door on Benton Boulevard; Condition Unknown

SAVANNAH - A student fell out of a school bus on Monday afternoon. A witness contacted Pasa La Voz saying that a "child fell out of the emergency door of the bus." According to the witness the student hit their head. The Pooler Police Department...

Union of Southern Service Workers Officially Launches; ā€œWhat we can’t do on our own, we can do togetherā€

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShUps4sU_U Leer esta nota en espaƱol aquĆ­. COLUMBIA, South Carolina (ThePeoplesBeat.com) - Workers across sectors and Southern States gathered at the Worker Summit in Columbia, SC to officially launch the Union of Southern Service Workers. Worker leaders took the stage, declaring this a ā€œmultiracial and anti-racist...

The numbers behind the DACA program: how many people would its end affect?

Written by: Marta Campabadal The numbers behind the DACA program: how many people would its end affect? 2022 is the 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. It has recently been thrust into the spotlight as politicians—and courts—once again...

Latinx Art Exhibits At Halsey Institute ā€˜Examine Colonialism’s Lasting Effects’

The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is hosting two Latina artists, Peruvian American, Kukuli Velarde and Colombian American, Nancy Friedemann-SĆ”nchez, through July 16.  Velarde’s exhibition CORPUS consists of 15 sculptures of ā€œindigenous entities who have survived for centuries beneath the guise of European Catholic saints and virgins.ā€  The project is making...

Four Charleston County Libraries Will Serve As Polling Locations In Primaries And November Elections

The Charleston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration have partnered with the Charleston County Public Libraries and will make four library branches available on the primary election day.  Early voting is available through Friday June, 10 2022 from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., at...