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COLUMBIA – It is time for South Carolina’s annual celebration of Workforce Development Month, beginning September 1, 2024. The month will highlight multiple ways for our state’s citizens to prepare…

The Social Security Administration announced a large step in a multi-year effort to simplify processes for people who are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by starting to offer an…

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – August 5, 2024 – Dollar General is excited to announce its new DG Market at 911 Hwy 301 S in Dillon is now open! The new DG…

The FBI has launched a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the frauds and scams impacting the public and encourages reporting to law enforcement. Throughout this campaign, the FBI will…

August 30, 2024 If you enjoy tossing a line or pot out for blue crabs, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) wants you to be aware of a…

By Frank Strait Severe Weather Liaison S.C. State Climate Office S.C. Department of Natural Resources Let’s stop, collaborate, and listen to the tropical discussion. We have no brand new inventions…

SCDNR officers want to do everything possible to make sure boaters have a fun yet safe Labor Day holiday. Courtesy boating inspections will be offered at public boat landings around…

CHARLESTON, SC — AUGUST 19, 2024 — Highly productive port operations and a strategic location in the thriving Southeast is driving cargo growth at South Carolina Ports. SC Ports had…

VIDEO: Dillon County Council Meeting, August 29, 2024

The 17,000 CWA AT&T workers continue the strike for unfair labor laws. The strike enters the 12th day today, Tuesday, August 27. These members are at the old Southern Bell…

Mosquitoes are breeding in abundance in floodwaters left behind by Tropical Storm Debby, prompting officials throughout the state to step up pesticide treatments to control them. Experts with the Clemson…

The Dillon County Animal Shelter met on Thursday, August 15, at 5:30 p.m. at the Dillon County Judicial Center with volunteers to assist the Shelter. The Dillon County Animal Shelter’s…

The City limits of Dillon will be sprayed for mosquitoes. This will be conducted by airplane between Thursday, August 22 and Monday, August 26.

Representative Jackie Hayes presented Betsy Finklea, editor of The Dillon County News, with this certificate today, August 20, 2024, honoring her 32 years of journalistic integrity. It reads as follows:…

Suspended Marlboro County Sheriff Charles Lemon was found not guilty in a federal trial on Monday. Lemon was accused of using unreasonable force against a pretrial detainee in the Marlboro…

A storm hit the City of Dillon on Sunday. Hail was reported as were power outages. In the West Calhoun Street area particularly, there was downed trees and limbs. Steven…

17,000 AT&T workers are on strike for unfair labor laws. This past Saturday, some of the workers were in Florence on Irby Street. Today, Monday, some AT&T workers were in…