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North Charleston's crime rate declines for second year running
By Amanda Click on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 - 4:00pmAccording to the newly released City Crime Rankings 2010-2011 produced by CQ Press, the city of North Charleston's crime rank has fallen for the second year in a row.A few years back, North Charleston was ranked as one of the top 10 most... More
Business continues to decline steeply at the Port of Charleston
By Amanda Click on Thursday, 19 November 2009 - 9:03amThe Port of Charleston has gotten hit harder and suffered more loss than any of its counterparts across the country. From July to September the number of containers crossing Charleston docks dropped dropped 27.6% compared to a year ago. The State... More
FBI reports S.C. violent crime down 6 percent
By Amanda Click on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 - 7:08amThe Post and Courier reports that the state of South Carolina saw a 6 percent drop in violent crimes in 2008. The drop in violent crime is good news, especially in trying economic times. On the downside, however, there showed to be an increased rate... More
Charleston's hotels are emptier and renting for less
By Ken Hawkins on Saturday, 8 August 2009 - 2:58pmThe Charleston Regional Business Journal reports that hotel occupancy in Charleston fell in June by 5.4% and were renting for 9.6% less than they were in June 2008. Read more stories on this subject in our hotel occupancy rate topic page.The... More
S.C. media giants do better in 2nd quarter, still face specter of falling revenue
By Ken Hawkins on Thursday, 23 July 2009 - 8:35amTwo media conglomerates that own more than a dozen South Carolina daily newspapers and news stations have reported profits during the second quarter. But it's still not a pretty picture. The two entities, McClatchy and Media General, still face... More
City of Charleston charts a drop in violent crime
By Amanda Click on Thursday, 11 June 2009 - 7:18amThe Post and Courier writes that Charleston saw a 12 percent decline in violent crime in 2008, that's a bigger drop than in many other cities its size across the nation. Read more stories on this subject in our crime topic page.Early this year,... More
Six stories in today's State, but jury's still out on death of local reporting
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 30 March 2009 - 4:51pmTim Kelly of The Indigo Journal writes that today's edition of The State contains six staff-written stories. It's a sad and poignant example of declining newspaper ad revenue and capability. I haven't picked up an edition of The State to confirm... More
Report: Charleston area got fewer tourism dollars in '08 (updated)
By Ken Hawkins on Wednesday, 25 March 2009 - 9:01pmA report by the College of Charleston's Office of Tourism Analysis stated that the Charleston area saw $40 million less in impact from tourist spending 2008. The Post and Courier has the brief. Note: I should be getting a copy of the report in the... More
Layoffs at The Post and Courier tops bad week for S.C. papers (updated)
By Ken Hawkins on Friday, 6 February 2009 - 3:46pmWord has just come that The Post and Courier has laid off 25 people including six from the newsroom. Read more stories on this subject in our newspaper topic page.It's the same week that furloughs were announced at The Sumter Item, speculation... More
More apartments are going vacant in Charleston
By Ken Hawkins on Monday, 2 February 2009 - 6:06pmLive 5 News has a short piece about how those renting apartments are feeling the economic heat, as are movers. The news station points out that occupancy rates are at a six-year low. Go check out the article. I'd speculate that there are more people... More
