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FMU makes Great Colleges to Work list

Three SC colleges were ranked Great Colleges to Work, including Francis Marion University, the only Pee Dee institution to do so.

Education

Darlington County EMS deploys new ambulance

Darlington County Emergency Medical Services has placed a new ambulance in service, replacing an aging unit.

Darlington County

Cyclic to break ground in McBee in Q4

Toronto-based rare earth element recycling company Cyclic Materials has moved up the timetable on construction of its planned facility in McBee, owing to the completion of a $75 million strategic financing round. This latest round brings its total equity funding to $237 million.

Manufacturing

Florence to put $1.5M RIA grant toward sewer line enlargement

The city of Florence will use a $1.5 million in grant funding from the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority to rehabilitate sewer infrastructure along a stretch of David H. McLeod Boulevard.

Construction

McLeod, MUSC make ‘Forbes’ best SC employers list

New Jersey-based business news outlet ‘Forbes‘ published its list of ‘America’s Best Employers by State‘ for 2026, the eighth year it has done so.

Workforce

QVC emerges from financial, leadership restructuring; stock resumes trading

QVC Group Inc., owner of cable television shopping channels QVC and HSN, said it has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process it had begun in April. Additionally, President and CEO David Rawlinson has stepped down, to be replaced by Mike George, who fills in as interim CEO and chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Transportation and logistics

$1.5M RIA grant to fund Lamar wastewater plant upgrades

Darlington County has allocated $1.5 million in SC Rural Infrastructure Authority funding toward the town of Lamar’s wastewater treatment plant project.

Darlington County

Sonoco further consolidates consumer packaging arm

Hartsville-based consumer and industrial packaging firm Sonoco Products Co. will integrate its global consumer packaging businesses under a single leadership structure.

Manufacturing

Darlington County investigates cybersecurity incident

Darlington County is conducting an active and ongoing investigation into a cybersecurity incident that is affecting some computer systems and limiting County services.

Darlington County

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LATEST ISSUES

FMU makes Great Colleges to Work list

Darlington County EMS deploys new ambulance

Cyclic to break ground in McBee in Q4

Florence to put $1.5M RIA grant toward sewer line enlargement

McLeod, MUSC make ‘Forbes’ best SC employers list

QVC emerges from financial, leadership restructuring; stock resumes trading

$1.5M RIA grant to fund Lamar wastewater plant upgrades

Sonoco further consolidates consumer packaging arm

Darlington County investigates cybersecurity incident

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