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Unemployment in the construction and manufacturing industries dominated a bleak jobs landscape in South Carolina during October, when the jobless rate soared to 8% from 7.3% in September.

South Carolina's unemployment rate spiked to 8 percent in October, up from 7.3 percent the previous month, according to the S.C. Employment Security Commission.

Allendale County has a group of concerned citizens who are trying to help their struggling community, but even though they all say they have the same goals, they don't always agree on things.

Discouraged job-seekers left South Carolinaa s labor force in record numbers in September and were not counted in the montha s unemployment figures, artificially depressing the jobless rate to 7.3% from the ...

A 67-year-old Salley man died Sunday morning in a car accident in Allendale County.

The Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots campaign officially opened on Nov. 1 when officials began accepting letters from children and families.

Meredith Latitia Montgomery and William Thomas Spencer Sr. were united in marriage Saturday, Oct.

One local county is expected to see an economic boost. Tuesday, Barnwell County officials announced that new jobs would be coming to area.

I have been keeping tabs on the unemployment rates around the area, and the numbers are jaw-dropping. The unemployment numbers in Bamberg, Barnwell and Orangeburg counties are all about double the national ...

When voters in Allendale county head to the polls Tuesday, they will decide on a one cent sales tax.

Allendale, Barnwell, Bamgerg, SC-- Small offices...are jam packed. Naomi DeFrenn, Barnwell Registration and Elections: "As you can see in our office today, we are experiencing that." Jeanette Ferguson, ...

Although it remains one of only nine active mayor's committees in South Carolina, the Greater Orangeburg Area Mayor's Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities is poised to move ahead with ...

A job fair at the Prince of Orange Mall will feature about 50 employers. The fair, free and open to the public, will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct.

Columnist breaks out of deadline pressure for 'Swallow Savannah' Sunday, October 26, 2008 Wade Spees Longtime Post and Courier sports columnist Ken Burger has published his first novel, 'Swallow Savannah.' ...

Doris Johnson Baltus, 92, widow of the late Donald F. Baltus, died Monday, October 20, 2008.

My mouth literally dropped wide open in disbelief at the ousting of 20-year Greater Edisto Chapter of the American Red Cross Director Cindy Smith as I peered at the headlines of the Oct.

A man walks along Bay Street in Allendale, where lack of transportation is one of the factors cited in statistics naming Allendale County as having the state's highest unemployment rate.

THE ISSUE: Ouster of longtime Red Cross leader OUR OPINION: Answers needed following surprise action On the very morning that six families were losing their apartments and the contents thereof to fire, the ...

Authorities catch man suspected in robbery Richmond County deputies arrested a man after the armed robbery of the Thriftee Foods on Sandbar Ferry Road on Tuesday afternoon.

Jennifer Lynn Rogers and David Michael Kunda were married Oct. 4, at St. Luke's Chapel on the Medical University of South Carolina campus in Charleston.