Officials confirmed Wednesday more possible job losses at the Musashi Inc. plant in Bennettsville.

The Marion Rescue Squad took possession of its new ambulance today from Road Rescue, the company that built it in Marion.

Organizers and participants hailed Wednesday’s first economic development forum put together by the Darlington County Economic Development Partnership as a successful first step in charting a course for the county’s future economic development.

Santee Cooper recently launched a campaign, called Power Down, aimed at helping customers manage the rising cost of electricity.

Employees of Progress Energy’s H.B. Robinson Plant in Hartsville will be giving a Hartsville area family a special Christmas.

The value of new commercial construction in Florence County dropped this year, but landed in a safety net when H.J. Heinz Co. decided to build a facility near Florence, according to a county building report.

An astronaut who has made two space flights made a goodwill visit to Highland Industries in Cheraw on Tuesday morning to congratulate the factory on a job well done and to present the astronaut team’s personal achievement award, the Silver Snoopy, to a plant employee.

The S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. Wildlife Federation met Wednesday in Columbia to ask the Santee Cooper Advisory Board to take a closer look at plans forSantee Cooper’s proposed Pee Dee Energy Campus.

Sonoco is eliminating about 40 positions in its Hartsville operations as part of a broader global realignment aimed at achieving about $28 million in annualized pre-tax savings, the company said.

Nucor Corp. has announced plans to invest $45 million over the next five years at its Nucor Steel South Carolina Steel Mill, located at 300 Steel Mill Road in Darlington.

WIX Filtration Corp. in Dillon County has joined the growing number of companies in the state establishing a federally recognized apprenticeship program through Apprenticeship Carolina.

QVC announced plans Wednesday to lay off 900 workers across the country, but hire 200 workers in Florence County, Florence County Economic Development Joe W. King said.

Florence County Council has amended a memorandum of understanding with Monster in order to pave a dirt portion of road next to the company’s future Pee Dee customer-service center.

Wellman Plastics Recycling investors plan to create 100 jobs, in addition to retaining the 163 employees at the Johnsonville plant, according to a statement released by the company.

Blumenthal Mills Inc., which operates a jacquard damask weaving plant in Marion, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, company officials said Wednesday.