Contractor Hits 10-Inch Water Main at Suber Road in Greer
GREER, S.C. — A work crew hit a water main Wednesday afternoon near a busy Greer crossroads, and drivers were asked to slow down and steer carefully around the repair scene. Officials said the pipe that a contractor damaged is a 10-inch line running close to where Suber Road meets Brushy Creek Road. The pipe
Alaska Senate Rivals Trade Personal Blows in Final Debate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spent Thursday night hammering each other on character and policy in the closing Debate for the State of a U.S. Senate contest that national scorekeepers call a toss-up race. They argued over household energy bills, the Iran conflict, retirement benefits, medical coverage
Press Secretary Zacharia Says She Did Not Pass California
WASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials. President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has long used the word lawyer on television. Several practitioners
Democratic Senate Candidates Post Huge Third-Quarter Hauls
WASHINGTON — Fresh midterm finance filings show Democratic Senate hopefuls flooding accounts in the July-September window, with Texas Democrat James Talarico reporting a $64 million quarter. His team called that haul the biggest Senate total ever logged for those three months, beating Jaime Harrison $57 million South Carolina mark from 2020, and said cycle receipts
Trump Says Massive Oil and Mineral Push Ready in Greenland
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to start in Greenland, linking the Arctic island to U.S. energy and security interests. On Truth Social he wrote that exploration was nearly underway and that experts say readily available oil there outstrips almost any other land. He also […]
Ukraine Says SpaceX Capped Military Starlink Speeds
KYIV — Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that SpaceX imposed an unannounced speed limit on military Starlink terminals traveling at high speeds, disrupting several combat missions overnight. Presidential adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov said SpaceX introduced a speed limit for Starlink terminals in motion and that the restriction applied to the military Starshield package at 100 mph. He […]
Category 4 Hurricane Simon hugs Mexico coast with flood threat
Hurricane Simon was sitting just off Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday morning as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, with forecasters expecting it to move near or just inland over west-central Mexico later in the day. Simon peaked overnight at 155 mph, only just below the Category 5 threshold. By 6 a.m. Central time the National
SC Highway Patrol adds 28 troopers as recruiting gets harder
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Twenty-eight recruits finished South Carolina Highway Patrol training on Friday and joined an agency that says it is still filling seats even as fewer people apply for the badge. Class 132 mixes six officers who already held certification with 22 newcomers. After the ceremony, the Department of Public Safety listed 742 troopers
Greer, S.C., dump truck downs South Buncombe Road cables
GREER, S.C. — A dump truck knocked a line of internet cables onto South Buncombe Road on Friday morning, briefly putting a lane out of service and knocking out internet for some nearby apartment residents, Greer police said. The Greer Police Department confirmed a dump truck caused the cable line to fall in one of
Greer Metro Ranks 2nd for New Home Construction
The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metropolitan area has been identified as the second-best metro in the nation for purchasing a newly built home, according to a report published on Monday, August 31, 2026. This ranking places the Greer area prominently among the top 100 largest U.S. metros, highlighting favorable conditions for new housing development. The report, the second