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Aaron Brusch, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who works at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Spartanburg, is one of nearly 10,000 veterans the online giant has hired since 2011 as part of a company-wide initiative to employ veterans.

Ron and Gail Eanes are leading an effort to build a soup kitchen on a piece of donated land in Wellford.

Security at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport has not been stepped up in the wake of Tuesday's suicide attack in Turkey at Istanbul’s busy airport, a GSP spokeswoman said.

Cherokee voters will decide this November whether to pay more in taxes to build up to seven new athletic fields at the county-owned Lake Welchel site.

A new Zaxby’s restaurant is coming to Inman.

A minor earthquake hit south of Hendersonville, N.C., just after midnight Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

The Spartanburg Humane Society is finding ways to keep animals cool while trying to raise enough money to repair its air-conditioning unit.

Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded scores at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport. The government said Islamic State extremists were believed responsible.

Voters ousted all four incumbent South Carolina senators in Tuesday's primary runoffs, including the chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee.

Spartanburg and Pelham medical centers have received Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) from the American Association for Respiratory Care.