United Community Bank merges with Three Shores banks

United Community Bank plans to add Seaside National Bank’s wealth management platform and commercial and industrial lending program to its repertoire at locations across the Carolinas and Southeast. 

North Charleston requiring face coverings

Mayor Keith Summey issued a proclamation late last week requiring face coverings in the state’s third-largest city. North Charleston joined a slate of local small and large municipalities and counties requiring masks to deter the spread of the coronavirus.

Dominion, Duke abandon Atlantic Coast Pipeline plans

Citing ‘increasing legal uncertainty,’ the companies announced the $8 billion project’s cancellation after years of legal challenges and construction delays.

Anderson company to hire 50 after $9.5M expansion

Sargent Metal, an Anderson County metal fabrication company, plans to invest $9.5 million in an 80,000-square-foot expansion. When the project is complete next year, the company will grow its workforce by 50 over the next five years.

KCI Technologies acquires Piedmont-based HMW

KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-discipline engineering company with offices throughout the United States, has acquired Hulsey McCormick & Wallace, a Piedmont civil and environmental engineering company with three offices across the state. 

News from across South Carolina

• Old Time Pottery to close Lowcountry store in bankruptcy
• Black-owned businesses see surge of interest amid protests
• Be Pro, Be Proud bringing message to S.C.

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