Due West News

For one hundred years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People built and grew on the collective courage of thousands of people of all races, nationalities and faiths united on one premise-that all men and women are created equal.

Levels of ground-level ozone, a major component in smog, have been lower than usual across the Southeast this season, which is a good thing, because 2009 is a crucial year in determining whether areas meet federal Clean Air Act standards on which hang public health, future road-building and economic development that could bring jobs.

DUE WEST -- Hunter Townes rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown and passed for 102 yards and two scores as Christ Church breezed to a 44-7 victory over Dixie on Friday night.

The S.C. Governor's School for Science and Mathematics' college-level research program for students has been taken to the next level with the creation of the Research Exchange Scholars Program: A Roche International Science Education Initiative.

I have always wanted to attend a 100th year birthday celebration. I had hoped it would be my own, but my aunt beat me to it! A couple of weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending a birthday party like no other I have ever been invited to.

Students at Greenville and Tri-County technical colleges will pay higher tuition in the fall as the schools try to serve a growing number of students while state financial support for the schools decreases.