White Duck Taco at Hampton Station in Greenville has announced plans to close the location and to relocate it donwtown.
CARO-Mi Dining Room in Tryon, N.C., sustained damage from flooding caused in September by Tropical Storm Helene and was forced to close. Owner Dane Stafford hopes to rebuild the business possibly at a new location.
A senior Furman University football wide receiver was arrested this week on voyeurism and peeping tom charges.
After Helene ravaged South Carolina's power grid, some officials have floated the idea of burying power lines to prevent future destruction.
Greenville County's planning commission rejected two of the three subdivision applications considered during October meeting.
Hampton Station, the former textile storage space that housed Birds Fly South Ale Project until the brewery closed due to a confluence of factors, is under contract for sale.
Greenville hostel and cafe is restructuring business, shifting away from the cafe and events side and to a more private accomodations model.
Helene took out power at 104 of the district's 105 buildings, spoiled all the perishable food stored to serve 85,000 meals a day, and dumped hundreds of trees and branches onto sidewalks and driveways.
This moth-looking insect has been described as a "huge threat to the agricultural industry" in Pennsylvania. South Carolina experts are preparing for it to arrive in the Palmetto State.
Reys in Greenville is planning a large expansion pending a special exception permit to operate after midnight in the new space.
A grassroots relief effort at the Downtown Greenville Airport in the wake of Helene has been paused as organizers work to manage a backlog of donated supplies.
Laurens County deputies shot a person who backed their car up into a deputy's cruiser during a late night traffic stop.
Duke Energy has extended the timeline to get power back to its last 26,000 customers still in the dark after Tropical Storm Helene.
Challenges Inc., an Upstate harm reduction nonprofit, has installed a low-barrier naloxone vending box in Greenville.
An old schoolhouse in Pumpkintown, Pickens County, hosts a bluegrass jam a week after Helene devastates the S.C. Upstate. People said it was as much about community as the music.
Boardwalks were destroyed and trees were scattered across trials at Conestee Nature Preserve after Hurricane Helene. More than 100 volunteers joined an effort to help clean it up, in hopes it will reopen soon.
A week after Tropical Storm Helene struck the Carolinas, Duke Energy says their goal is still to have the vast majority of customers' power restored before the weekend, but about 85,000 could be in the dark until Sunday.
Michael Toscano of Le Farfalle and Porchetta Shop in Charleston has launched something new in Greenville, taking over culinary operations at the 3's Golf and Grill.
Hurricane Helene devastated the Greenville and the Upstate, marring or destroying some of its most iconic destinations, historic places and visible landmarks.
Hikers at Bald Rock or Caesars Head have probably passed the Big Bear Trading Post on U.S. Route 276. The 25-year staple was flooded in Tropical Storm Helene.
In defiance of the state's governor and superintendent, the South Carolina Supreme Court is holding firm on a decision last month to strike down school vouchers as unconstitutional.
Fall for Greenville, which draws more than 150,000 people to Main Street each year, has been rescheduled in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene.
Isolation is a lingering crisis in the days following Hurricane Helene's deadly path through the Southeast. As entire communities work to reopen roads and search for missing neighbors, a number of internet providers are offering free Wi-Fi connections.
Power company workers who travel the country to restore power after disasters live in temporary mobile cities set up seemingly overnight. Tucked in the back of 18-wheelers are three-level bunk beds, showers, laundry and kitchens that cook hefty meals to see workers through their 12-hour days.
Shale Remien, spokeswoman for the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, confirmed that the dead woman's husband, Brandon Barnes, was currently jailed at the Anderson County Detention Center.
Greenville Animal Care, the county-run pound for stray cats and dogs, has been without power for five days. Piles of dirty laundry were piling up in the halls by Oct. 1 because the facility cannot run its industrial washing machines. Here's how the public can help.
Pickens County declared a state of emergency on Thursday ahead of Helene. In order to continue using outside resources for the anticipated monthslong recovery process, council voted to extend it at its Monday meeting.
An outpouring of support from the Greenville community is stocking trucks, planes and helicopters with supplies to take to western North Carolina after it was devastated by Helene.
Tropical Storm Helene destroyed farmers' specialty crops and bit into cash crops like soybeans, cotton and peanuts. Others are dealing with livestock losses due to downed fences and structural damage to feed-storage facilities.
Grocery stores throughout the Upstate have experienced higher demand for essential items including ice and bottled water. Several stores in Spartanburg remain closed including Ingles on East Main Street.
By midnight Friday, Duke Energy is hoping to get power back to the majority of its 438,000 customers across Upstate South Carolina, but a lengthy recovery effort from Tropical Storm Helene is going to make that timeline difficult.
The day Tropical Storm Helene tore through the Carolinas, widespread power outages rendered gas stations dark and empty. The following wave of panic buying appears to have since subsided, although officials urged the public to only buy enough gas that they truly need.
On Monday, the Greenville County Coroner's Office released the names of those whose lives were claimed here during the onslaught, most of them by falling trees.
The latest news out of the Upstate on how Tropical Storm Helene is impacting the area.
Number of Helene-related deaths climbs to 25 in South Carolina, with the most reported in Spartanburg and Greenville counties. More than 800,000 remained without power Sunday night.
As the Upstate recovers from Helene, the one thing many locals struggle to understand is why Clemson University would invite 80,000 people to the eight-square-mile city and strain its resources while thousands are struggling to meet basic needs.
As the Upstate continues to dig out from the damage left by Tropical Storm Helene, widespread power outages are the biggest obstacle.
Tropical Storm Helene killed three people in Anderson County, but the damage could have been worse.
Greenville is known for its lush tree canopy, but Helene showed how untested it was against tropical-force winds as homes were wrecked and left in the dark.
Upstate residents dug out from the sprawling wreckage of a generational storm Sept. 28 as the death toll from Helene climbed to 22 amid a landscape of swollen rivers and damaged homes as nightfall approached with hundreds of thousands still without power.
A decade after a 19-year-old fraternity pledge fell to his death near Clemson's campus, students still face hazing at South Carolina's colleges and universities.
Flowing petroleum has become a rarity in the Upstate, as power outages from Hurricane Helene have created a shortage of pump options for low-on-fuel drivers.
For the past three years during euphoria, visiting Michelin-starred chefs have been treated to a special brunch. The gathering has become a rare moment for famed chefs to connect, eat and unwind.
Editor's note: This information was current as of Sept. 28, 2024. Here's the latest on Helene and the Upstate. For the latest coverage of Helene from across South Carolina, visit Hurricane Wire.
At least 22 South Carolinians are dead in the wake of Helene's onslaught, a death toll that continues to rise. In Anderson County, a man whose partner was killed in the storm recounted the chaos of that night to The Post and Courier.
Even as Helene spins away from the Carolinas, the water dump she left behind has filled rivers, streams and creeks to a dangerous level — and emergency management directors across the Carolinas want residents to stay away.
Officials from multiple federal agencies discuss Helene and her aftermath for South Carolina, especially its western areas and the Upstate. Rainfall in excess of two feet fell in some areas, and reported deaths are rising.
In an attention-grabbing message, the National Weather Service cautioned that Helene would be one of the area's "most significant weather events ... in the modern era." That warning mentioned what was dubbed Greenville's "Big Flood of 1949." Here's that story.
Hurricane Helene could be among the most-serious weather events for the Upstate and surrounding region in "the modern era," meteorologists are predicting.
GOP leaders in South Carolina have opted not challenge a South Carolina ruling earlier this month that said "no" to public money being used in any way to cover tuition at private schools. They will not seek a rehearing of the Eidson v. SC Department of Education case.
Hurricane Helene will hit the Upstate tonight, just days after a fluke microburst storm in Greenville gave a potential glimpse of what more damage is to come.
Hurricane Helene, which is expected to be a major hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Florida on Sept. 26, could bring lots of rain and high wind gusts to the Upstate.
On Sept. 24, the Greenville County School Board held its first regular meeting since the death Sept. 12 of Leo Cervantes, an autistic boy who ran away from school and was later found drowned. To date, Greenville County Schools has announced no changes to special education policies or procedures for autistic children.
After a severe thunderstorm overnight left at peak roughly 12,000 in Greenville without power, forecasters say the worst could be yet to come.