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BBQ Barn opens location near USCA
11/20/2009 9:36 PM
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Insulation business to begin work Dec. 3
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Officials meet to discuss parks at NERP workshop
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Whiskey Road project still a go, with modifications
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Local News in Brief for Nov. 21
11/20/2009 9:24 PM
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Man held in Warrenville murder
11/20/2009 9:04 PM
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Salvation Army begins drive
11/20/2009 9:04 PM
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Sheriff Hunt is named Clearwater fire chief
11/20/2009 9:04 PM
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Aiken High inducts students into National Technical Honor Society
11/20/2009 5:26 PM
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Police nab final Aiken drive-by suspect
11/20/2009 5:26 PM
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Woman knits 200 caps for charity
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ACSO investigating suspicious death
11/20/2009 8:21 AM
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Unprofessional behavior plagues SRS
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Atlantic keeps families in touch
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Commission shoots down zoning for 'sporting park'
11/19/2009 5:25 PM
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Aiken-raised author brings up topic of race
11/19/2009 4:26 PM
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National parks delegates meeting in Aiken
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Havoc comes to enchanted land in educator's 22nd production
11/19/2009 4:26 PM
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Columnist offers CSRA read
11/19/2009 3:45 PM
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Course teaches officers how to better detect drunken drivers
11/19/2009 4:27 PM
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Couple to sign books on South
11/19/2009 3:45 PM
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Horse clinic to address shots, saddles, more
11/19/2009 3:44 PM
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Seniors get crash course in politics
11/19/2009 3:44 PM
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N.A. officer arrested, suspended
11/18/2009 6:27 PM
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SPCA brings Santa in for pet pictures
11/18/2009 9:39 PM
S.C. lands Boeing plant
10/30/2009 12:32 AM
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Boeing's announcement that it will build an assembly facility in North Charleston is welcome news to a job-starved state.
In naming the South Carolina site for its second facility to build the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has committed to a $750 million capital investment and the creation of 3,800 jobs within seven years.
The Boeing figures could be increased if companies integral to the construction of the 787 fleet decide to build new sites close to the North Charleston facility. This has the potential to spawn a whole new sector of employment for South Carolina and one that will require our education system to ratchet up to a new level.
While South Carolina has found itself the butt of jokes over Gov. Mark Sanford's situation and the end point of the lightning rod "You lie!" comment from Rep. Joe Wilson, the news from Boeing is something concrete economically that may shake the state out of its doldrums.
We welcome Boeing's commitment to the Palmetto State and look forward to a long partnership with a new industrial neighbor.
10/30/2009 12:32 AM
2 comment(s) on this story E-mail this story to a friendBoeing's announcement that it will build an assembly facility in North Charleston is welcome news to a job-starved state.
In naming the South Carolina site for its second facility to build the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has committed to a $750 million capital investment and the creation of 3,800 jobs within seven years.
The Boeing figures could be increased if companies integral to the construction of the 787 fleet decide to build new sites close to the North Charleston facility. This has the potential to spawn a whole new sector of employment for South Carolina and one that will require our education system to ratchet up to a new level.
While South Carolina has found itself the butt of jokes over Gov. Mark Sanford's situation and the end point of the lightning rod "You lie!" comment from Rep. Joe Wilson, the news from Boeing is something concrete economically that may shake the state out of its doldrums.
We welcome Boeing's commitment to the Palmetto State and look forward to a long partnership with a new industrial neighbor.
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2 comment(s) on this storyNice Job SC? : 11/2/2009
I am curious as to what SC gave up to get this project here. How will the wages compare to that of those at other Boeing plants? SC continues to trail every other state in most catorgories because we tend to give up too much and gain very little.
: 10/30/2009
I wonder how much in terms of tax subsidies, regulatory "relief", and other giveaways the state had to pony up to land this?
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