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Two people are dead and two more injured after a late-night boating accident in the Skull Creek area on June 27.
A late-night boat crash in Hilton Head's Skull Creek area left two dead and two injured. Authorities are investigating the cause of the tragic accident.
Video shows a shark swimming close to shore at Hilton Head Island's Coligny Beach.The above footage was captured around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday by Brooke Wheeler.The sighting prompte ...
It happened Sunday in the waters off Coligny Beach, just five days after a 12-year-old girl received a bite wound to her leg in Sea Pines.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND in South Carolina’s Lowcountry has long lured vacationers. Think relaxed coastal ambiance, lush greenery, antique shops, stately oak trees blanketed in Spanish moss, and 12 miles of ...
As The Island Packet reporter Evan McKenna summed up succinctly: “Built in 1984, the store is well-known for its location at the base of the Hilton Head bridges.
Hilton Head Island's government posted updates and photos of the scene on Facebook. As of Sunday morning, the whale was alive, but euthanasia had been determined to be the most humane option.
Officials say the 20-ton, 31-foot long whale came ashore near the Marriott Grand Ocean Resort on Hilton Head Island on Saturday afternoon.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, Ga. — A veterinarian team “gently sedated and euthanized” a whale that washed ashore Hilton Head Island. “Early this morning, we returned to the beach to say goodbye to ...
A whale that beached itself on Hilton Head Island on May 4 has been euthanized, local officials announced. The whale, which officials have identified as a juvenile sperm whale, was sedated and ...
A juvenile sperm whale that beached on the shores of Hilton Head Island was euthanized Sunday night, officials confirm. Posted 5/4/2025, 10:00:19 PM Updated 5/5/2025, 2:12:00 PM ...
A former teacher at a Hilton Head Island elementary school pleaded guilty to lesser charges following her arrest last summer for allegedly trying to hit a man with her car in a parking lot ...