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Believe it or not: hurricane season has arrived. After a record-breaking season last year, the Palmetto SC Region of the American Red Cross is prepared for whatever storms come South Carolina’s way this season. The Red Cross wants families to begin preparing now for the season.

Exploring nature and sleeping under the stars can be viewed as an economical vacation. But buying gear and booking campsites or renting an RV can add up. With some cost-saving strategies, camping can fit a variety of budgets, whether you’re planning a car or RV camping trip or backpacking. Try these tips to enjoy the outdoors free of technology, traffic and a big tab.

Global warming, nuclear meltdowns, earthquakes, and hurricanes...oh my! Here's how these readers prepare for it all.

This week, we scanned Amazon's bestseller list for the highest-rated survival tools, then pulled the best, most authoritative reviews for each. 

WASHINGTON TERRACE — A 61-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, a day after he allegedly assaulted three people during lunch at a local senior center. Police say the man’s motive was to get back at his former bandmates who were playing at the senior center during the lunch. 

When the need for physical survival is acute, there are three necessities that we must attend to: fire, water and shelter. Whether those items are purchased and carried with us or we learn how to utilize primitive skills and available materials to create them, they are the minimum of what we need to survive in the wilds of this world.

Another tale of the heroism and fortitude that dwells within each of us tells of a woman's surviving naked and alone in the wilderness for nearly a month. No matter how easy it may feel to quit ‑ how much we may want to just lie down and die ‑ there is always a deep reserve within us that will survive no matter how great the challenge.

71-year old Washington woman survives in the wilderness for six nights with no equipment and no gear except the most vital tool of all: the will to survive. While this is not a tool that can be purchased, it is one that can be trained and refined and encouraged. No amount of skill or kit will save you when you need it the most if you are not determined to make it through.

USCCA (United States Concealed Carry Association) Expo is being held in Atlanta, Georgia from April 29^th to May 1^st at the International Convention Center. Among all the vendors and booths that will be in attendance, the USCCA will be featuring many products for the fastest growing demographic of shooters in America today: women.