Articles by Jeffrey Collins and Seanna Adcox

South Carolina Still Looking for Lessons from Myrtle Beach Wildfire

The fire chief in one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist spots said he won’t alter his agency’s practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small blaze that mushroomed into the worst wildfire in state history. Chief Garry Alderman, …

South Carolina Court Awards $10 Million to Man Cut by Health Insurer

The South Carolina Supreme Court this week upheld a multimillion verdict against an insurer the justices said revoked a man’s health policy after he tested positive for HIV based solely on a nurse writing down the wrong year for the …

Tropical Storm Hanna Landfalls in Carolinas, Ike Threatens Florida

Tropical Storm Hanna blew ashore over tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border early on Sept. 6 at the start of a projected dash up the Eastern Seaboard. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna’s center came on land …