With jobs like Monster and Heinz moving to the Pee Dee, people are hoping it will become easier to find a job. 

Right now, it looks like the Florence area is on an economic roll, as new industry announcements just keep flowing from Florence County. Tough economic times don’t seem to stop the announcements of new industry, and new jobs coming to Florence County. It’s almost as if the stars are aligned in this Pee Dee County’s favor.

Hilex Poly Co. LLC has received an order confirming the company’s pre-packaged Plan of Reorganization and emerge from Chapter 11 within a few weeks.

Monster, the online job recruitment and careers resource, plans to invest $28 million and bring 750 jobs over five years through building a customer-service facility in Florence County.

A proposed international port slated for development in Southport, N.C., is a step closer to becoming a reality.

As lawmakers return this week to take up vetoes, I cannot help but be frustrated by the need for this session.

Williamsburg Recycling is planning to establish operations in Williamsburg County, investing about $2.5 million and creating up to 30 jobs in the future.

Florence County Council has moved a step closer to approving economic incentives for “Project JLL,” a projected $28 million investment that will bring 750 jobs to the area.

Marion County business leaders and officials met Monday in Mullins for the county’s annual economic outlook an review.

Plans to construct a 60,000 square-foot shrimp processing and biotechnology plant in Salters are back on track.

Perdue Farms Inc., accused of discriminating against non-Hispanic job applicants, has agreed to pay out more than $800,000 to people the company discriminated against in its hiring process.

Some high paying jobs could be on the way to Myrtle Beach.  What once was supposed to be the site of the Myrtle Beach International Airport’s west-side terminal, will now be made into a Commerce Park.

A manufacturer’s office space can be taxed at a higher, industrial rate even if the offices are separated from the plant by a road, according to a state Supreme Court ruling released Monday.

Florence-Darlington Technical College’s Advanced Welding and Cutting Center can now offer a Pipe Welding Academy to help meet the increasing demand for pipe welders in the power industry, thanks to a $60,000 grant from Progress Energy.

Greg Ensign, President & CEO of SC Shrimp Processing & Biotechnologies, Inc. (“SC Shrimp”) announced today that plans to construct a 60,000 square foot shrimp processing and biotechnology plant in Salters were back on track.