Bluffton, South Carolina

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Bluffton

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Temperature: 45.3 °F

Humidity: 64 %
Wind Speed: 3 mph NNE
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• Five charged in island drug investigation
  

  Five suspects were arrested last week in what authorities are calling a large-scale drug investigation that focused on people selling several ounces of cocaine per week on the south-end of Hilton Head Island.

• First-in-line man camps out for 36 hours to snag Christmas sales
  

  Waiting in line for the early-morning Black Friday sales isn't a whim for one Beaufort resident -- it's a tradition that's three years strong.

• firearms are tax-free today
  

  South Carolina becomes the first state in the country to hold a sales tax holiday only for guns, starting today.And Beaufort County gun shops said they're prepared for big sales -- not only because of the ...

• Suspects in brutal greater Bluffton beating to remain in jail
  

  As the victim's family looked on, a judge Wednesday decided to keep three Bluffton teens suspected in the Oct.

• SC tax-free weekend no holiday for some
  

  Charlie Bell, owner of Port Royal Gun and Pawn, has been in business at the same location for the past 24 years.

• Bluffton's Sgt. Jasper Park gets a new fleet of kayaks and canoes
  

  Sgt. Jasper Park, a lovely nature preserve just off U.S. 278 near Coastal Carolina Hospital, has just gotten a new fleet of canoes and kayaks that can be rented by the hour or day.

• Arrest in Lanese case
  

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• Bluffton to get recreation center
  

  The Beaufort County Council voted Monday to award a $3.9 million contract for construction of a recreation center on Buckwalter Parkway in Bluffton.

• Bluffton to save slave's first home
  

  Town's contractor will begin work on Dec. 1 to stabilize the historic Garvin House near Oyster Factory Park.

• And the show goes on for 15-year-old director
  

  Zeke Greco and his all-kid produced plays return to the stage this week at H.E. McCracken Middle School.

• Uterine vs. Vatican: Local politics ablaze in South Carolina
  

  This was the week when "uterus rights" confronted a Catholic congregation's intentions to expand its buildings and parking areas.

• District holds groundbreaking ceremony for new Bluffton Middle School
  

  The town of Bluffton has faced dramatic growth in the past several years, swelling from 1 square mile to more than 50.

• Despite economic woes, area expected to bounce back, expert says
  

  Tough economic times in Beaufort County probably will last well into 2009, according to one of South Carolina's top economists.

• A new Bluffton foundation is out raising money for area cancer patients
  

  Beaufort County Sheriff's Deputy Rick Cooler was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer in 2001, but he was determined to fight it.

• Trial of man accused in motorcyclist's death delayed
  

  The trial of a Bluffton man accused of killing a motorcyclist in an alleged drunken-driving wreck in August 2007 was delayed Tuesday after the judge ruled that the wording on an indictment was incomplete based ...

• Remarks about church provoke criticism
  

  Several Beaufort County residents and officials expressed surprise and anger Tuesday after County Councilwoman Laura Von Harten criticized the Roman Catholic Church's stance on women and reproductive rights ...

• CareCore to add 125 jobs in Bluffton
  

  CareCore National, a health care benefits manager, will expand in Beaufort County, investing $4.4 million and creating up to 125 new jobs.

• Trial begins for Bluffton man accused of killing a motorcyclist in an alleged drunken-driving wreck
  

  The trial of a Bluffton man accused of killing a motorcyclist in an alleged drunken-driving wreck in August 2007 is scheduled to begin this morning in Beaufort.

• SC boy loses digit in locker; docs try to reattach
  

  Authorities say surgeons will try to reattach a finger severed when a 13-year-old middle school student got his finger stuck in his locker.

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City Description

Bluffton is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,275 at the 2000 census and center of the Bluffton Urban Cluster with a total population of 5,848. However, this separated urban area currently defined as Bluffton is quickly becoming contiguous to that of the significantly larger Hilton Head Island adjacent to it. As designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, Bluffton is included within the Hilton Head Island–Beaufort Micropolitan Statistical Area. Bluffton is known for its rapid development, currently among the fastest in the state of South Carolina. A large amount of land has been annexed in the last few years leaving behind the old "1 Square Mile" adage. Bluffton is located at 32°12′45″N, 80°53′50″W (32.212517, -80.897296). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.6 square miles (94.9 km²), of which, 34.0 square miles (88.0 km²) of it is land and 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²) of it (7.26%) is water. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the area comprising southern Beaufort County was known as Granville County of St. Luke’s Parish. As the Yemassee Indians had established ten towns with over 1,200

City Contained By:

• Beaufort County
• South Carolina

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 94.7935648383 km squared

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