The Pappalardo family on St. Helena Island says that they have experienced storms come through the area, but nothing quite as bad as Dorian. Their house doesn’t look quite like it used to. Debris and ...

Day three: endemic wildlife. Ever since St Helena erupted from the sea some 13 million years ago, it’s been totally isolated and as such is home to more than 500 species found nowhere else on Earth.

One St. Helena Island native turned to the folks attending Beaufort County’s planning commission meeting to make sure her point was heard. “Do you know what the word preserve means?

Panel rejects changes to St. Helena Island protections after vocal residents turn out By Karl Puckett. Updated January 6, 2023 4:50 PM.

St. Helena Island residents had the foresight in the 1990s to put the Cultural Protection Overlay zone in place to protect Gullah/Geechee culture, rural landscapes, working farms and fishing villages.

St. Helena Island and some of its surrounding barrier islands have been part of a Cultural Protection Overlay District since 1999. Marquetta Goodwine, also known as Queen Quet, the chieftess of the ...