ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program issued the following news: The following states have elections for federal office in the next 90 days: P- Presidential Primary; S- State Primary; D- District Primary; T- Territory Primary; R- State Runoff *Dates subject to change. Election dates marked with an asterisk are updated and state-approved. February 2024: February 3rd: South Carolina (P) - Democratic February 6th: Nevada (P) Februa  more

SAVANNAH, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has prepared a Proposed Plan (PP) to present to the public, specifying the Corps of Engineers' preferred alternative to address explosive hazards at the Former Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range (Conway BGR) - Project 01, located in Horry County, South Carolina. The PP, and supporting documentation, are available for public review at the infor  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory issued the following news release: Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Clemson University jointly appointed Sez Atamturktur Russcher, Ph.D., to collaborate in research around modeling and simulation of engineering systems. Russcher, an expert in computer modeling of engineering systems, uncertainty quantification and risk analysis, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson Un  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Corey Xavier Baldwin, 56, of Concord, North Carolina, was sentenced to 53 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin. Evidence presented to the court showed that Baldwin was one of 10 defendants charged in April 2014, following a drug trafficking investigation in the Columbia are  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Randy James Kennedy, 35, of Piedmont, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence presented to the court showed that Kennedy obtained methamphetamine through the mail and directed others on its handling and distribution. While in jail on state charges, Kenned  more

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: William Michael Hall, of Union, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Hall had been released from federal prison in April of 2020, following a 10-year sentence for a previous federal drug offense, and was still on federal supervised release at the time of the incident. E  more