Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crews will sink more than 5,000 tons of construction material from a spillway project into Lake Wateree -- for sport. Specifically ...

Algae toxic enough to cause skin rashes and itching are showing up at Lake Wateree, and state regulators are warning swimmers to stay out of areas where the greenish, scummy material is visible in the ...

An illegal plant species has been spotted in a large South Carolina lake, sparking concerns about a potential invasion. There have been sightings of the invasive giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Fishermen on Lake Wateree might soon be reeling in more fish, thanks to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Duke Energy’s partnership to enhance fish habitats ...

For more than 90 years, a power company took pride in the mosquito control program it used to fight malaria around a string of lakes the utility oversees from north of Charlotte to Lake Wateree near ...

Kim Puckett calls it the best-kept secret in South Carolina, and it’s easy to see why. It’s only a 40-minute drive from the northeast reaches of greater Columbia, but it feels like it’s a world away.

The search for a missing swimmer ended Sunday when a body was discovered in a South Carolina lake, according to the Kershaw County Fire Service. The “drowning victim” was located and removed from Lake ...

Crews will sink more than 5,000 tons of construction material from a spillway project into Lake Wateree -- for sport. Specifically, sport fish like largemouth and striped bass. The South Carolina ...