Ruins Fort Fremont are open to explore on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, as seen Wednesday, April 19, 2023. The fort was built in 1898 to protect the Port Royal Sound during the Spanish ...

BEAUFORT — In the 1990s, residents of St. Helena Island watched the transformation of Hilton Head Island with growing concern. They feared the proliferation of golf courses and private ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Beaufort County Planning Commission unanimously did not recommend changes to an ordinance that protects St. Helena Island because of its cultural and historical ...

But for a 4- to 6-week window in June to early July, tiny St. Helena Island is a big player in the East Coast tomato market, says Zach Snipes, a horticulture extension agent at Clemson University.

Its purpose is to protect the environment and historic, rural and cultural landscape of St. Helena, the epicenter of Gullah culture and once the home of 55 plantations and 10,000 enslaved Africans.

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, Ga. (WTOC) - A new group that’s in favor of golf courses being built on the Pine Island Region of Saint Helena Island held a press conference Friday morning, saying the development ...