MORNING HEADLINES | The USS Yorktown, the popular attraction in Charleston Harbor that has connected hundreds of thousands of visitors with its heroic World War II legacy, is no longer an environmental threat.
More than 1.6 million gallons of pollutants in the historic ship that made it a hazardous “ticking time bomb” have been removed, S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster said in a Wednesday press conference.
“Had these materials leaked, they would have caused catastrophic damage,” he said, adding that the state spent “$36.1 million to get her clean as a whistle.”
The cleanup, part of a 2022 executive order to preserve the ship, included removal of more than 1.6 million gallons of fuel, oil and toxic water as well as nine tons of asbestos.
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S.C. high court ruling will cut legislators’ pay. S.C. lawmakers gave themselves an improper $1,500 monthly raise, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday. The “in-district compensation” that they approved earlier this year qualifies as salary, the court ruled.
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Lowcountry Land Trust protects family land on Johns Island. The trust announced it is conserving land held by one family for more than a century
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