MORNING HEADLINES | The Lowcountry’s weekend forecast took a dramatic turn the last couple of days — from a wintry mix to an inch or so of the flaky white stuff and now to up to five inches of snow. The National Weather Service (NWS) is advising Charleston residents to prepare for a cold, snowy weekend.
This is all thanks to a so-called “bomb cyclone” that is expected to bring the bitter cold and heavy winds across the Southeast. A mixture of rain and snow is expected to fall Saturday afternoon. The weather is likely to transition entirely to snow after 4 p.m., officials say.
- Forecasts from the National Weather Service: Charleston | Midlands | Upstate
Early on Sunday, temperatures are forecast to dip to nearly 20 degrees, with a wind chill of just 7 degrees. NWS issued an extreme cold watch for the weekend.
And the Lowcountry is in good company. While a swath of the Southeast is preparing for winter weather, other S.C. communities especially are bracing. Myrtle Beach is expecting single-digit temperatures and up to nearly a foot of snow, while the Rock Hill area is predicting up to 8 inches.
- Warming centers are open in the Charleston area
- Charleston Half Marathon still on, organizers say
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In Friday’s issue of the Charleston City Paper
CP OPINION: Congress must act now on ICE. “The pounding of American democracy by masked bullethead thugs from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is unconscionable and immoral, particularly after a violent January.”
- Bowers: Rights that ICE doesn’t want you to know about
- CP CARTOONS: Stegelin: Not talking about Epstein
- CP CARTOONS: Ariail: News or weather?
CP FEATURE: The art of protest: Charleston drives art of dissent. Art is reflecting the dissent that’s bubbling across our country. And Charleston is helping to drive the art of protest.
CP NEWS: Democrats raise alarms over S.C. immigration bill. After the killing of a second Minnesota protester last weekend by federal immigration officers, two Charleston-area Democratic lawmakers and the party’s leading candidate for governor are raising alarms about a bill in the S.C. House that they say could put local law enforcement officers and residents at risk.
CP FOOD: 4th Taste of Gullah Geechee now set for Feb. 15. Two Gullah chefs from the Hamlin community will celebrate Black History Month Feb. 15 by hosting the fourth annual Taste of Gullah Geechee with flavors blending African and Lowcountry cultures.
CP ARTS: Steichen exhibition is bold view of WWII. This is World War II as you may never have viewed it, captured by the inimitable eye of renowned photographer Edward Steichen and his hand-picked Naval Photographic Unit, or “the Steichen Unit” as it was called.
CP MUSIC: Grammy-winning fiddler heads to Charleston Feb. 3. Grammy Award-winner Bronwyn Keith-Hynes arrives at the Pour House on Feb. 3 to do what she’s been doing since she was 3 years old: tearing up the fiddle.
In other recent headlines
Mount Pleasant police facing a test cheating scandal. It’s not the first time. After 10 Mount Pleasant police officers were abruptly let go last week following allegations they cheated on a test, details remain scant on the specifics while the police department conducts an internal investigation.
Charleston County School District unveils plan to expand opportunities at downtown schools. After two years of gathering feedback from parents, teachers and community members, the Charleston County School District announced Jan. 29 a broad initiative aimed at increasing access to educational opportunities for students attending schools downtown.
Goose Creek unveils plans for police, fire training center. City staff unveiled a comprehensive master plan for a new state-of-the-art training complex for emergency responders, though questions remain about how to finance the multi-million-dollar project.
Berkeley County begins second phase of U.S. Highway 176 construction. Berkeley County residents will soon see the second phase of construction for U.S. Highway 176, focusing on a 2.7-mile stretch from Jedburg Road to Nexton Parkway.
S.C. House OKs bathroom bill restricting use to sex at birth. In an expected vote, the Republican-dominated House passed H. 4756, a bill that restricts bathroom usage based on biological sex at birth, in an overwhelming 96-19 vote that included some Democrats joining their colleagues across the aisle.
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