This is the second in a series of stories looking back at what made headlines on the Grand Strand and in the Pee Dee in 2025.

“Like we say, exercise at least three to five days a week,” Miller said. “Belly laugh at least two to five days a week.” Although luminaries from the ancient Greeks to Freud have opined on the roots ...

Beyond passing a two-year state budget, the GOP supermajority of the Kentucky General Assembly plans to advance bills addressing education, data centers, immigration and housing in the 2026 session.

Numerous agencies have followed Congress’ lead, naming outside groups as official “stakeholders” in federal decision-making — often groups who have no identifiable “stake” in the process. Nor is the ...