Spartanburg, SC and Upstate News

Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than any other hazard related to hurricanes and thunderstorms. The most common flood deaths occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water.

Honey bees play an important role in Spartanburg County’s environment and South Carolina’s economy. Honey bees add millions of dollars statewide to the value of fruit, vegetable, and seed crops.

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport has secured top honors in the Airport Council International’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards.

If you’ve never see the end result of a dog or cat investigating a porcupine, a quick Internet search will pull up a cornucopia of photos featuring animals covered in quills.

When a hurricane is headed your way, you can decide your best course of action. Your animals can’t. They depend on you to make the decisions for them.

On this episode of the Spartanburg City News Podcast, the hosts are discussing MySpartanburg, the new app allowing residents to easily and conveniently report service requests directly from their smartphones.  

Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in people and dogs.

Pollinators are the engine that run healthy habitats. Whether you have a few feet on your apartment balcony or several acres, you can make a difference.

Dogged by pests, pathogens, poor nutrition, and other problems, the European honey bee is having a rough time these days.

Rain and flooding of the sort South Carolina has endured recently can saturate areas and leave standing water, which has the potential to become breeding grounds for mosquitoes.