Here are the top 10 stories by pageviews on GreenvilleJournal.com in 2024.
Field Notes: Do black snakes really kill rattlesnakes and copperheads?
The short answer is: yes and no.
Among the three black snakes that we have in our area, two of them do kill and consume both venomous snakes, but the largest and most commonly encountered, the black rat snake, does not.
Never smash a yellow jacket: Field Notes with Dennis Chastain
Sometimes the lessons of nature come from quiet observation and contemplation. Sometimes they come in a wild, painful frenzy. It’s the painful ones that you never forget.
3 Greenville area restaurants earn James Beard semifinalist nominations
The James Beard Foundation announced its 2024 semifinalist nominees for the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards categories on Jan. 24, and three Upstate restaurants made the list.
New Greenville elementary school under construction, to be named in May
Construction is underway for the new elementary school at 61 Isbell Lane in Greenville.
Set to open for the 2025-26 school year, the new school will have an academic focus on environmental science and serve pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade students. The facility was designed to accommodate up to 750 students with room for future expansion.
Six Greenville County high schools among top 25 in U.S. News SC rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranked six Greenville County high schools among the top 25 in its 2024-2025 Best Public High Schools in South Carolina list.
Skyrocketing insurance costs are closing bars, businesses. Will SC act in 2024?
Perhaps none is more pressing than the need to remedy skyrocketing liquor liability insurance costs for the state’s restaurants and bars.
Greenville County may get new state park after Naturaland Trust conservation effort
An effort to protect a 365-acre piece of property in northern Greenville County from development may yield a new state park if all the pieces fall into place.
The parcel is near the intersection of Dill Road and state Highway 11, and Naturaland Trust has been working for months to secure funding for a fee-simple purchase of the property, which the trust has dubbed the Glassy Mountain Foothills project.
Greenville swimmer to compete in U.S. Olympic Trials
Lilla Bognar thinks of herself as a regular kid.
She is a rising senior at Eastside High School and a member of the Team Greenville swim team. She has already committed to the University of Florida after graduation in 2025, and looks forward to attending medical school to become a pediatrician.
Breeze Airways spins up new GSP destinations, targets underserved cities
Connecting people and communities is something of a passion for David Neeleman, founder and CEO of Breeze Airways, which started nonstop service to five destinations from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in early May.
Prior to launching Breeze in 2018, he founded Utah-based Morris Air in 1984, followed by Canada’s WestJet in 1994, JetBlue in 1998, and Brazil’s Azul in 2008.
How you can help: Ways to donate, volunteer after Hurricane Helene
Many organizations in the Upstate are supported the local community following the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene.
