Bill Rauch
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Beaufort County’s hurricane gamble pays off
By Bill Rauch When the dust has settled on this year’s hurricane season, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conventions, conferences and seminars…
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Vote the ‘Think For Yourself’ ticket
By Bill Rauch Reasonable people are of two minds about Nov. 8, this year’s election day. They are relieved the public name-calling might finally…
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My coal mine canary returns
Photo above: At 4 a.m. the storm wobbled to the northwest and for 45 scary minutes Matthew’s eye headed straight for us. By Bill Rauch When…
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On its sesquicentennial, Beaufort let Reconstruction slide
Top photo: The legendary birthplace of Robert Smalls in the “slave cottage” at 508 Duke St. is not registered with the Secretary of the…
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SCE&G surcharge short-circuits Beaufort’s jobs initiative
Top photo: To make complex (and boring) electrical base rates more understandable (and interesting) they are often shown in per thousand kilowatthour increments, as they…