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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
F-35B decision pending for Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

F-35B decision pending for Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

The F-35B Joint Strike Fighter process is on schedule for the Navy and Marine Corps and a decision about where to base the combat and training squadrons remains on track for December according to a press release. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, July 17, 2010
Woodlands Bank of Bluffton goes belly up, depositors safe

Bank failure #91 in USA, #2 in Beaufort County this year

Woodlands Bank of Bluffton goes belly up, depositors safe

Woodlands Bank, Bluffton, South Carolina, with offices in Bluffton and Beaufort, was closed yesterday, Friday, July 16, by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver, according to a FDIC press release. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Bank of the Ozarks, Little Rock, Arkansas, to assume all of the deposits of Woodlands Bank. [ read article ... ]

Friday, July 16, 2010
Northern New Jersey: Baristanet Friday, July 9, 2010
Federal funds awarded for public transportation in northern Beaufort County

Federal funds awarded for public transportation in northern Beaufort County

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R), SC, notified Beaufort County leaders this week that the Federal Transit Administration will fund a $3.1 million request for public transportation in the northern part of the County. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Editorial comment: Is another Great Depression just around the corner?

Editorial comment

Is another Great Depression just around the corner?

Not too long ago the thought the world might have another Great Depression was almost unthinkable. The only kind of depression anybody under the age of 65 knew anything about was the kind cured by Prozac. [ read article ... ]

Monday, May 17, 2010
Study says military impact on local economy exceeds $1.2 billion

Local military impact exceeds $1.2 billion [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Cost of living in Beaufort County is highest in state

Cost of living in Beaufort County is highest in state

The cost of living in Beaufort County is higher than anywhere else in South Carolina, according to figures released yesterday, May 10, by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitor & Convention Bureau. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Print newspaper circulation continues downward spiral Thursday, April 22, 2010
Fort Greene-Clinton Hill: The Local Thursday, April 22, 2010
Honolulu Civil Beat Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitor & Convention Bureau Board of Directors sets objectives for 2010-2011

Visitor & Convention Bureau sets objectives for 2010-2011

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) conducted its annual board of directors retreat at Fripp Island Golf & Beach Resort on April 13. The purpose of the retreat was to establish leadership direction and objectives for the tourism industry and VCB staff. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Hometown Local Media celebrates first anniversary with more than 2.25 million page views

Hometown Local Media celebrates first anniversary with more than 2.25 million page views

Hometown Local Media, Inc., the publisher of The Beaufort Tribune, The Deer Isle Chronicle, South Of The Broad and MugFaces.com is celebrating today, April 13, 2010, its first anniversary. During the past 365 days our pages have been viewed more than 2.25 million times by almost 150,000 individual persons, according to Google Analytics, the independent Internet measuring service. [ read article ... ]

Friday, April 9, 2010
Myrtle Beach bank with Hilton Head branches goes bust, depositors safe

Myrtle Beach bank with Hilton Head branches goes bust, depositors safe

Beach First National Bank, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was closed Friday, April 9, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. The bank has two branch offices on Hilton Head Island in addition to five offices in the Myrtle Beach/Surfside Beach/Pawleys Island area. [ read article ... ]

Monday, March 15, 2010
April 4: Hilton Garden Inn presents grand Easter brunch & Easter egg hunt

April 4: Hilton Garden Inn presents Easter brunch

Hilton Garden Inn, 1500 Queen Street, Beaufort, will present a grand Easter brunch to the public on Easter day, Sunday, April 4, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., including an Easter egg hunt for the children. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, March 4, 2010
Beaufort Construction Inc. features XRDI, maker of engines for KillerBee, Shadow, Mark 4.7, Golden Eye and Fury unmanned aerial vehicles

Beaufort Construction Inc. features XRDI, maker of engines for military KillerBee unmanned aerial vehicles

Founded in 1996 and owned by Beaufort natives Merritt Patterson and Leith Webb, Beaufort Construction Inc. is northern Beaufort County’s premier commercial construction company. Over the years, the company has built more than 102 commercial structures ranging from the Hilton Head Airplane Hanger complex to the Port Royal Center and the Lady’s Island BB&T bank. [ read article ... ]

Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Beaufort Tribune beats Beaufort Gazette online by 50%

The Beaufort Tribune beats Beaufort Gazette online by 50%

The Beaufort Tribune is pleased to announce that as of January 2010 we are now officially ahead of The Beaufort Gazette in online readership by a margin of 50%. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, February 11, 2010
News from Mayor Billy: For arts to suvive in our small city, it cannot be business as usual

For arts to survive in our small city, it cannot be business as usual

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.” Albert Einstein.

From the lessons of failure often come successes. In his book, Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis, Bill George recommends a process extracted from the actions of corporate leaders who brought their companies through crisis to recovery. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, February 6, 2010
State Ports Authority signs letter of intent to sell Port Royal Terminal Properties

State Ports Authority signs letter of intent to sell Port Royal Terminal Properties

The South Carolina State Ports Authority’s chairman Bill Stern has signed a letter of intent to sell the 51 acres that made up the former Port Royal Terminal Properties to a prospective buyer, according to a Friday announcement by SC State Rep. Shannon Erickson. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Beaufort Performing Arts, Inc., is out of business

Beaufort Performing Arts, Inc., is out of business

Beaufort Performing Arts, Inc. (BPA), the local non-profit group that has presented on-stage theatre productions to the public at USCB’s Performing Arts Center on Carteret Street since 2004, is out of business. Its nine-person board of directors closed down the operation at a meeting yesterday, January 25. The three-person staff has been dismissed, and the organization’s box office has closed. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, January 23, 2010
SC unemployment reaches historic high of 12.6%

SC unemployment reaches historic high of 12.6%

The citizens of South Carolina experienced the highest unemployment rate in the history of unemployment recordkeeping in December, a record-setting 12.6%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. The state’s previous high of 12.3% was set in November, the previous month. [ read article ... ]

Friday, January 22, 2010
Robert Moore: Entering the “Doom Loop”

Entering the “Doom Loop”

In this opinion article, our national columnist, Dr. Robert H. Moore, states that Americans cannot rely on the politicians or the big banks but must take personal responsibility for the safety and value of their investments.

A Historical Note
During several decades in financial services, I worked for five well-compensated chief executive officers. Intelligent and decent people, they considered their position one of trust. They felt accountable to our employees and shareholders. Near the end of my service, I had the disorienting experience of working with a management team who appeared to have little interest in our business, employees or clients. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Publisher of Savannah Morning News and Bluffton Today goes bankrupt

Publisher of Savannah Morning News and Bluffton Today goes bankrupt

Morris Publishing Group, publisher of Savannah Morning News, Bluffton Today, Skirt! Magazine, the Times-Union of Jacksonville, Florida, and a number of other newspapers, shoppers and magazines, is expected to file a Chapter 11 “prepackaged” bankruptcy plan in Federal court today, January 19. At the end of this past September, the last quarter for which financial results are available, the company had debts of $482 million against assets of $175 million, putting it $307 million in the hole. [ read article ... ]

Friday, January 15, 2010
The Beaufort Tribune exceeds one million page views in nine months

The Beaufort Tribune exceeds one million page views in nine months

The Beaufort Tribune is pleased to announce that in exactly nine months, from April 13, 2009, until January 13, 2010, our pages were viewed more than one million times, according to Google Analytics, the online standard for measuring web site readership. To be exact, our pages were viewed 1,009,540 times during this initial nine-month period. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, January 9, 2010
Rupert Murdoch vs. the Internet Thursday, January 7, 2010
Rhett Gallery celebrates 29th anniversary

Rhett Gallery celebrates 29th anniversary

Rhett Gallery in downtown Beaufort is celebrating its 29th anniversary. On January 15, 1981, husband and wife artists Nancy and Bill Rhett opened a new gallery on Bay Street to show their work. Now, 29 years later, the Rhetts not only remain with their shop but are proud to be operating nearly the oldest business on Bay Street. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, December 31, 2009
Editor & Publisher says goodbye Thursday, December 31, 2009
Editor & Publisher closes Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Beaufort Tribune ends 2009 with 500% growth in readership in three months

Tribune posts 500% growth in three months

The Beaufort Tribune has ended 2009 with an astonishing 500% increase in readership in three months, reaching more than 245,000 page views in December compared to 48,934 page views in September. Here’s the graph that tells it all:

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Chamber visitor bureau and staff offices moving to the Arsenal

Chamber visitor bureau moving to the Arsenal

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor Bureau will be moving its visitor center and staff offices to the historic Arsenal building, 713 Craven Street, in the National Register Historic District of downtown Beaufort

In addition to serving as the official visitor center for the chamber and office space for staff, the building will be provide a meeting and event venue and exhibit space. The chamber is tentatively scheduled to move into the Arsenal in the spring of 2010.. [ read article ... ]

Monday, December 21, 2009
SC unemployment reaches historic high of 12.3%

SC unemployment at historic high: 12.3%

The citizens of South Carolina experienced the highest unemployment rate in the state’s history in November, a record-setting 12.3%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. The state’s previous high of 12.1% was set in June, just five months ago. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, December 12, 2009
Historic Pick Pocket Plantation holds Plantation Day Festival today

Historic Pick Pocket Plantation holds Plantation Day Festival today

Historic Pick Pocket Plantation, the site of the first farm that became the Trask family truck farming empire in the Beaufort area, will host its first Plantation Day Festival on Saturday, December 12, from 10 am to 5 pm in Beaufort. The one-day event will be a celebration suitable for all ages, with food, art, fine crafts, Lowcountry history and more. All festival activities will be free of charge to the public. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Rhett House Inn wins Four Diamonds for 15th year in a row

The Rhett House Inn excels with AAA Four Diamonds award

Out of the 23 years Steve and MaryAnn Harrison have owned The Rhett House Inn, they have received the AAA Four Diamond award 15 years in a row. They went up to Charleston Monday night to receive the award by AAA Carolinas. No other hostelry has won the award more times than The Rhett House Inn. [ read article ... ]

Monday, November 30, 2009
Tribune readership continues to skyrocket, advertising opportunity zooms

Tribune readership skyrockets, advertising opportunity zooms

The Beaufort Tribune is pleased to announce that for the month of November 2009 the number of page views has again skyrocketed upward at an amazing pace. We have grown from 48,000 page views in September to 104,000 page views in October to more than 167,000 page views in November, making the opportunity to advertise in the Tribune at the current fixed rates even more compelling. A page view is what is popularly called a “hit”, that is, when someone looks at one of our pages. [ read article ... ]

Friday, November 13, 2009
The Washington Times executive editor resigns

The executive editor of The Washington Times has resigned.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Washington Times announces major leadership changes

The Washington Times announced today major changes in its leadership. It has fired the three top people on the business side of its operations: President and Publisher Thomas P. McDevitt, Chief Financial Officer Keith Cooperrider and Chairman Douglas D.M. Joo. [ read article ... ]

Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Beaufort Tribune exceeds 100,000 page views per month

The Beaufort Tribune exceeds 100,000 page views per month

The Beaufort Tribune is pleased to announce that for the month of October the Tribune exceeded 100,000 page views, doubling in a single month the average of about 50,000 page views during each of the previous five months. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Boeing picks North Charleston as 2d assembly site for 787 Dreamliner

Boeing picks North Charleston to assemble 787 Dreamliner

Boeing announced Thursday that it has chosen its North Charleston facility, located about 70 miles from Beaufort, as the location for a second final assembly site for the 787 Dreamliner program. Boeing evaluated criteria that were designed to find the final assembly location within the company that would best support the 787 business plan as the program increases production rates. In addition to serving as a location for final assembly of 787 Dreamliners, the facility also will have the capability to support the testing and delivery of the airplanes. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Upscale City Loft Hotel opens in historic downtown Beaufort

Upscale City Loft Hotel opens in historic downtown Beaufort

Beaufort’s new, upscale City Loft Hotel has opened at 301 Carteret Street. The 23-room facility is more than the equal of hip city loft hotels in the big city of New York, so you’re in for a big treat when you stay here. To celebrate its opening, the hotel is offering special low rates including for this weekend’s Historic Beaufort Foundation Fall Festival of Houses & Gardens, a Halloween Weekend Special next weekend, and special rates in the month of November. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Charles Lehmann, chamber’s visitor & convention bureau chief, resigns; Elizabeth O’Brien hired

Charles Lehmann resigns, Elizabeth O’Brien hired by chamber of commerce

Charles Lehmann, executive director of the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor & Convention Bureau has resigned. His last day of work at the chamber was yesterday. Carlotta Ungaro, the chamber president, announced Lehmann’s resignation today. [ read article ... ]

Sunday, September 27, 2009
Profile: Stay in tune with Chuck Raynor

Stay in tune with Chuck Raynor

Almost ten years ago Chuck Raynor of St. Helena Island, who was at that time a fifth-generation funeral director in Long Island NY, had to answer the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, September 23, 2009
City council approves sandwich boards, Keyserling votes no

City council approves sandwich boards, Keyserling votes no

Sidewalk sandwich boards were sentenced to a one-year trial at the Beaufort City Council meeting last evening. Council approved the signs for just one year, commencing December 31,  to allow the advertising boards on sidewalks outside businesses with Mayor Billy Keyserling as the only negative vote. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Beaufort City Council tries to digest sandwich boards

Will Beaufort choke on sandwich boards?

Last night the Beaufort City Council debated on first reading a proposed change in the sign ordinance to allow advertising sandwich boards on the public sidewalks outside of businesses on the main commercial highway arteries into town including Ribaut Road, Highways 170 and 21, and Sea Island Parkway on Lady’s Island. Sign boards are already permitted in the downtown commercial district and on Boundary Street. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Jeff Kidd, editor of The Beaufort Gazette, thinks hyperlocals are overhyped Sunday, August 30, 2009
Newspaper advertising down 29% in second quarter Sunday, August 30, 2009
Orange County Register parent, Freedom Communications, to go bankrupt Thursday, August 27, 2009
The Beaufort Tribune viewed quarter million times in first four months

The Beaufort Tribune anticipates 1,000,000 page views in 2010

At exactly 6:05 a.m. today, August 27, 2009, The Beaufort Tribune surpassed a quarter-million pages viewed by our readers since we became a commercial online newspaper four months ago. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, August 15, 2009
Five Key Reasons Why Newspapers Are Failing Wednesday, August 12, 2009
South Carolina unemployment rate is 12,1%, third highest in nation and highest in state’s history

SC unemployment rate at 12.1% reaches highest in history

The unemployment rate in South Carolina is 12.1%, the third highest in the nation and the highest on record for the state, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figures cover the month of June 2009, the most recent month for which statistics are available. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, July 16, 2009
Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce announces directors

The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce recently announced its 2009 board of directors. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Inn at Palmetto Bluff wins travel magazine award

The Inn at Palmetto Bluff has been named the top resort in the U.S. and Canada in a readers’ survey in Travel + Leisure Magazine. [ read article ... ]