The 12 acres that house the Bon Secours Wellness Arena at the entrance to downtown Greenville is being reimagined as an entertainment district to include a 6,500-seat outdoor amphitheater. The master plan was unveiled Thursday by Neetu Patel, chairman of the Greenville Arena District Board, and Beth Paul, general manager of Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The Arena District was established as a special purpose district by the General Assembly in 1940 and oversaw Greenville Memorial Auditorium, which opened in 1958, had 7,500 seats, and was torn down in 1997 to...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued an updated weather alert at 9:15 p.m. on Thursday for strong thunderstorms until 9:45 p.m. The alert is for Abbeville, Laurens, Union and Greenwood counties. Residents can expect wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 9:15 p.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southwest of Union to 4 miles...

As an income tax reform package moves quickly in the House, the political fight over the plan is going to center around long-term tax relief versus a short-term hike for a majority of filers. The proposal has led to hard-line conservative House members and at least one Democratic lawmaker to question the wisdom of the approach pushed by Republican leadership that would initially lead to six in 10 filers seeing a tax hike but then lead to nearly eight in 10 seeing tax relief in future years. The plan already...

The timing has changed, slightly, but strong thunderstorms are still forecast to impact the Columbia area of South Carolina with severe weather Monday, according to the National Weather Service. There’s high confidence that a line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms will move across the Southeast Monday, National Weather Service meteorologists said in a Monday morning briefing. But the timing of when the storms are expected to arrive in the Midlands has slowed. In the most recent update, the National Weather Service said storms — which could cause damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail...

Severe weather is forecast to hit the Columbia area of South Carolina on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The Midlands are under an enhanced risk for severe weather Monday, with a damaging wind and tornado threat, National Weather Service meteorologists said in a Sunday morning briefing. Effects from the storms are expected to begin early in the afternoon Monday and could continue into the evening, according to the briefing. The greatest chance of severe weather is between noon and 7 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service said. The...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A weather alert was issued by the NWS Columbia SC on Wednesday at 2:07 a.m. for fire danger until 8 p.m. The alert is for Northern Lancaster, Southern Lancaster, Northwestern Orangeburg, Central Orangeburg and Southeastern Orangeburg as well as Chesterfield, McCormick, Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw, Edgefield, Saluda, Lexington, Richland, Lee, Aiken, Sumter, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon and Bamberg counties.

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. An updated air quality alert was reported by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC on Sunday at 12:46 a.m. in effect until noon. The alert is for Pickens Mountains, Greenville Mountains and Northern Spartanburg. "The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services in Columbia SC has issued a Code Orange Fine Particulates Action Day for northern Spartanburg County, and the mountains of Greenville and...

It’s probably fair to say that most people don’t like being around venomous snakes because of the danger these reptiles present. But pockets of South Carolina residents love toxin-fanged serpents And they let state legislators know Wednesday how they feel about a proposal to ban the ownership and sale of venomous snakes. Most said the state shouldn’t enact a ban on the deadly creatures, despite concerns that venomous snakes could escape and hurt someone. Snake lovers said they do a good job of taking care of the animals and safeguarding...

A tornado occurred in the Midlands on Sunday morning, the National Weather Service in Columbia has confirmed. “A survey team determined an EF-1 tornado occurred in the Chapin-Lake Murray area from the Timberlake community northeastward to the Old Lexington Rd and Wessinger Rd area with peak winds around 90 mph,” the NWS shared on Facebook. The “EF-1” designation refers to the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which ranges from EF-0 to the most powerful EF-5. An EF-1 tornado typically ranges from 86 to 110 mph winds. Per a graphic from the NWS,...

Before losing his job in President Donald Trump’s purge of federal workers, Phil Tanabe planned to study how toxic forever chemicals are affecting tidal creeks that draw anglers to coastal South Carolina. Relatively few research projects have examined the chemicals’ impact on fish in salty and brackish water, so for Tanabe – who has a Ph.D in environmental toxicology – this was a chance to educate the public about the threat the chemicals present in the Lowcountry. Late that afternoon, Tanabe received a curt email, saying his job had been...