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Popular Hilton Head hotel and volunteers 'put the beach to bed' to protect nesting turtles
The nonprofit Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island aims to protect island's sea turtle hatchlings through a "put the beach to ...
From Leon Spinks to Muhammad Ali: Bygone boxing days of Hilton Head packed a punch
Sports fans in the burgeoning town of Hilton Head used to tune into their TVs to watch men trade jabs in the boxing ring, but ...
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Hilton Head celebrates Juneteenth at site of Civil-War era freedman’s town
The event holds special significance on Hilton Head Island. Freed slaves purchased land on Hilton Head after the Civil War, ...
At a Juneteenth sleepover, campers commune with ancestors
A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.
Person bitten by shark at popular vacation destination on Atlantic coast
A person in South Carolina had to be flown to a hospital after being bitten by a suspected shark, according to officials.