CHARLESTON, S.C. — This is what a “boutique city” looks like. It’s not at all a bad thing. Being a boutique city just might mean a community has a progressive economic development plan coupled with an ...

There are lessons for firefighters and fire departments in the city of Charleston, S.C.’s comprehensive Phase II report on nine Charleston Fire Department firefighters’ deaths on June 18, 2007, in the ...

My family is from Charleston, and has lived in the city since the late 1700s as Free Persons of Color (FPC). In the 1860s, a couple of my ancestors fled the city to avoid unjustly being forced into ...

On June 18, 2007, nine firefighters died in the Sofa Super Store Fire in Charleston, S.C. Since then, a lot has been written and said about the fire, and about the conditions at the Charleston Fire ...

Last week, America woke up to the horrifying news of a massacre in a historic black church in Charleston, S.C., Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old devout racist, allegedly walked into a Bible study, listened ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – It has been nearly six months since riots broke out in Charleston, and for many who were downtown when they began, the memories of that night will last forever. It was the ...

Charleston had about 60,000 residents in 1918 when the Spanish Flu struck. It was September and World War I was about to end. Troops were returning home, and some brought the flu with them. The first ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pink bonnets and white kerchiefs. Foam-rubber tomahawks and Piggly Wiggly koozies. Hand-drawn ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Spectrum Sailing is holding an autism-friendly sailing camp in Charleston this weekend. The three-day program hosted by College of Charleston Sailing covers general sailing ...