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This year’s entries to the J. Mitchell Graham/Barrett Lawrimore Competition were excellent! If you'd like to review this year's presentations before the winners are announced on August 2 at the Annual Conference General Session, recordings are now...

SCAC is pleased to host its 2023 Annual Awards Program Competition on May 24 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Make plans to watch the presentations live on the Association's Facebook page or at SCCounties.org/livestream. Take a few minutes to view this...

Reprinted with permission from Lexington County Please help us congratulate Lexington County's Ed Lundeen who has been named the South Carolina Veterans' Affairs Officer of the Year by the South Carolina Association of County Veterans’ Affairs...

SCAC is proud to announce our brand-new County COMPASS e-newsletter is now available! Delivered straight to your inbox monthly, this comprehensive newsletter offers the latest updates, insights, and noteworthy happenings from around the state. The...

Every year, SCAC awards a total of $12,500 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors who reside in counties chosen by lot. In the 2023 draw Berkeley, Calhoun, Dillon, and Lancaster counties were selected. SCAC also awards a $2,500 scholarship...

The SC Association of Counties in May 2023 will launch an e-newsletter with key news items, funding opportunities, the latest training and events, resources, and spotlight articles on success stories. It is designed to help county officials in a...

Total exceeds $1.4 billion; funds water and sewer projects statewide The SC Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) awarded 219 grants, totaling $1.469 billion, to local governments and public water and sewer utilities under the SC Infrastructure...

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) competitive grant program. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, $1.18 billion is available now for eligible...

Berkeley County made history in 2022 with its landmark $3.5 billion investment announcement with battery manufacturer Redwood Materials. “This (announcment) will take us this year to $10.1 billion in capital investments in South Carolina,” Gov. Henry...

The Aiken County Public Library—an impressive-looking multi-story building located in the City of Aiken’s downtown historic district— officially re-opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony last January after a two-year renovation. Keep reading...

South Carolina has been hard at work addressing the opioid crisis since 2014, when we—like the rest of the nation—realized we had a significant problem with prescription drug use. Since then, our state has made significant progress, but despite...

The EECBG Webinar for SC Formula Eligible Entities from Tuesday, April 4 is now available online.