CHUCK CRUMBO PROFILE

Lockheed Martin plans to hire about 170 people in the third quarter of 2018 as it moves production of the F-16 warplane to the company’s Greenville Operations from Texas. New employees will join a core group of experienced Lockh... Read More

While most people might think human trafficking involves kidnapping and forcing a person into prostitution, it also exists in other forms in the workplace. These crimes victimize people who have been coerced to pay off a debt, physica... Read More

Projections show South Carolina’s aerospace industry is poised for rapid growth over the next 10 years, said Steve Townes, former chairman of SC Aerospace. Total economic impact of the state’s aerospace cluster should near... Read More

The Palmetto State has emerged as a role model to the rest of the country in its ability to attract and grow manufacturing, Gov. Henry McMaster said today in keynoting the fourth annual S.C. Aerospace Conference & Expo. “Nob... Read More

Santee Cooper chief Lonnie Carter is retiring, less than a month after the state-owned power company and partner S.C. Electric & Gas Co. abandoned construction of two reactor units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield ... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster has rejected calls to fire the chief of the Office of Regulatory Staff, who has been targeted by lawmakers for blame following the shutdown of a reactor construction project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. On Wedne... Read More

A special House panel learned today that state regulators gave the OK to S.C. Electric & Gas' application to build two reactor units at its Jenkinsville nuclear plant before the federal government had signed off on the final... Read More

On the northeast side of Columbia, a BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina subsidiary operates one of the largest health information data centers in the world. Every day, the company — Companion Data Services — hums ... Read More

Santee Cooper dropped plans to raise electricity rates for at least the next two years to help pay the utility’s share of a now-abandoned reactor project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station. The board voted unanimously today to ... Read More

Malissa Burnette said she had been contemplating retirement when a team of attorneys with whom she worked at a Columbia law firm began thinking about out on their own. The process began March 13, and by June 1 the firm of Burnette Shu... Read More

Republican and Democratic leaders of the S.C. Senate called today for a special session of the General Assembly to take up a joint resolution to block further electric rate increases for SCE&G and Santee Cooper customers until the Le... Read More

Gov. Henry McMaster today announced the creation of a “rapid response” coalition of public and private organizations to help workers who lost their jobs this week when SCE&G and Santee Cooper shutdown the new reactor proj... Read More

Some 50 South Carolina legislators have formed a bipartisan energy caucus that aims to learn what led to the scuttling of the new reactor project at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and the layoffs of some 5,000 workers. During a press con... Read More

The chairman of the S.C. Public Service Commission charged today that SCANA Corp. “blindsided” state regulators when its subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas,  said it was abandoning construction of two reactor ... Read More

One might expect to find amenities like a fitness center, yoga studio and a dog park in an upscale suburban neighborhood. But these features as well as saltwater pools, cabanas and outdoor kitchens are now being offered in multifamily re... Read More

Updated at 5:07 p.m. The construction of two additional reactor units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, once hailed as the renaissance of U.S. commercial nuclear industry, has been abandoned by S.C. Electric & Gas Co. Inc. and ... Read More

South Carolina Electric & Gas has asked state regulators to reschedule a briefing on the status of two reactor units under construction at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station until next week. In a filing with the S.C. Public Service Commi... Read More

South Carolina Electric & Gas plans to update state regulators on the status of two reactor units under construction at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County. In a filing with the S.C. Public Service Commission, the comp... Read More

When the first increase since 1987 of the gas tax kicks in Saturday, the S.C. Department of Transportation can count on millions more to fix the state’s crumbling 41,000-mile network of roads and bridges. Transportation Secretar... Read More

Samsung Electronics plans to invest $380 million and launch a home appliance manufacturing operation in Newberry County’s former Caterpillar plant. The facility, which Samsung expects to have up and running early next year,... Read More

Westinghouse Electric Company, contractor for the nuclear construction project underway at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station has agreed to stay on the job through Aug. 10. SCANA and Santee Cooper, partners in the project to add two 1,117-me... Read More

Giti Tire, which is building a 1.8-million-square-foot plant in Chester County, has received confirmation that two of its Giti-brand tire sizes will come as original equipment on the 2019 Volkswagen Passat. The announcement marks the ... Read More

The proposed merger of Palmetto Health and Greenville Health systems will create South Carolina’s largest health care system, with 13 hospitals serving 1.2 million patients annually. In addition, the partnership will result in o... Read More

On a clear, crisp spring morning, 700 of the U.S. Army’s newest soldiers, dressed in white shirts, blue trousers and black berets, marched across the Fort Jackson parade field as the 282nd Army Band played patriotic music. Meant... Read More

A China-based tire manufacturer expects to invest $1 billion and build a new plant in Orangeburg County  that would employ about 1,200 workers. The Wanli Tire US Plant project would be constructed in two phases over a span of eig... Read More

Fort Jackson celebrates its 100th birthday this weekend with a number of activities. Those activities can be found at https://www.facebook.com/fortjackson/ Fort Jackson occupies a unique place in the U.S. Army as the only post totally... Read More

President Donald Trump’s spending plan for the 2018 fiscal year includes $85 million for construction projects at Fort Jackson and Shaw Air Force Base. In addition, the Trump administration is asking Congress to green-light work... Read More

Lowes Foods hosted a ribbon-cutting Wednesday for its first Midlands store, located at the northwest corner of Charter Oak Road and Augusta Road in Lexington. The approximately 50,000-square-foot store, which is across the road from L... Read More

In next year’s federal budget, President Donald Trump has proposed pulling the plug on the controversial and costly mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel project at Savannah River Site. Instead of proceeding with construction of the MOX plant,... Read More

Westinghouse Electric notified the S.C. Public Service Commission on Thursday that it doesn’t intend to take a position on a request to revoke confidential treatment of a contract South Carolina Electric & Gas signed for the co... Read More