Greenville’s History: The labor that built a city tinyurl.com/atjzc9uy

#Clemson University selects Kevin Guskiewicz as next president tinyurl.com/fvrerwvw

Photos: Memorial Day 2026 in Greenville tinyurl.com/yc38k62n

The 2026 Swim Association Invitational League (S.A.I.L.) kicks off the summer swim season May 21 in Greenville County. See the latest rankings, swim meet photos and swimmers of the week after week 1 action at sail.greenvillejournal.com. Coverage presented by Novant Health and Community Journals

$474M budget moves forward, penny road tax revisited tinyurl.com/45c9vjv4

The 114-year-old building located at 201 W. Washington St. in downtown Greenville provides affordable housing to seniors and individuals with disabilities.

Mauldin advances $49.9M budget with no tax increase tinyurl.com/y5zt8njs

The first part of the mural depicting Greenville Senior High and Fluor Field was unveiled on May 14.

John Humphries, a veteran broadcaster who retired as WYFF 4 News Channel 4’s president and general manager in 2024, died May 11. He was 68. He is survived by his wife, Anita; three daughters and a granddaughter. Read more tinyurl.com/8uz9z3y8

Greenville Symphony season finale celebrates songs of Gershwin, Copland tinyurl.com/54vfmjma

Greenville City Council approved the first reading of the city’s $309.9 million operating budget for fiscal year 2027.

See the community in photos through the eyes of the Greenville Journal staff and contributors with some of our top picks in photos tinyurl.com/yc55bay8.

Traffic is detoured around Church Street bridge construction during the morning commute on May 8.⁠ ⁠ The Church Street bridge closed for six weeks at the beginning of May.⁠ tinyurl.com/bdft2p3t

Prisma Health foundation launches giving campaign for new behavioral health hospital tinyurl.com/3jee7r8x

Herbie Hancock looks back on his legacy ahead of Peace Center concert: Upstate Beat tinyurl.com/6uebyb2r

Greer City Council approved a $128,000 bid for an interior renovation project in City Hall that involves converting a storage room and small conference room into office space to accommodate the city’s growing staff. Read more Greer City Council notes: tinyurl.com/mvp4r3h8

Design plans have been refined for the estimated $282 million transformation of Greenville’s Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Read more ⬇️

Greenville City Council denied an application to rezone 2.92 acres at the corner of Buncombe Street and Butler Avenue in a 4-2 vote. Read more tinyurl.com/kbdjx78r

Max Quinlan will step down this summer as producing artistic director of Greenville Theatre to accept an executive producer position with New York City-based NETworks Productions. Read more tinyurl.com/58nrkvpz

“I am humbled and deeply grateful for this recognition,” William Brown said. “But the real honor is watching our scholars announce where they are going to college. That is what this work has always been about.” tinyurl.com/8jaf6tmw

A local metal recycling facility is seeking to install several metal shredders at its site near White Horse Road after previously operating the equipment without proper permitting.

Blue Ridge High School was named a 2026 Palmetto’s Finest School by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators.

Greenlink has altered its trolley service in downtown Greenville in hopes of increasing ridership.

Approximately 17 acres northwest of Greenville’s Unity Park will be preserved as natural green space through a joint effort by local public and private entities.

MetroConnects, a metropolitan sewer subdistrict serving Greenville County, has officially opened its new $32 million campus in Mauldin. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held April 20 to celebrate the 23-acre campus at 1151 W. Butler Road. Read more greenvillejournal.com/news/metroco...

United Way of Greenville County’s Hands On Greenville Day will be held on May 2.

Photos: Renovated Lily Pad space opens in Greenville County DSS Office tinyurl.com/4erjjr6b

The free three-day festival will take place on Mother’s Day weekend from May 8-10.

The series of talks about the natural world are designed to be engaging, collegial and informative in what FoRR describes as “science made social, education made entertaining.”

Greenville County Schools Board of Trustees held a work session to review the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2027 on April 13.

The state Department of Transportation is seeking public input on a number of safety assessment projects lists, several of which are in the Upstate.

Fountain Inn Council unanimously approved to allow the issuance and sale of around $7 million in South Carolina Natural Gas System Revenue bonds. Read more.

The city of Greenville has refined its plans for connecting the North Main neighborhood to the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail Orange Line extension.

The South Carolina State Election Commission unanimously approved Conway Belangia as its next executive director after a special called meeting on March 25.

NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 under the guidance of a Clemson University alum. Read more: bit.ly/4saofvk Photos provided by NASA #Artemis #NASA #Clemson #sctweets #space

Joe Cash, chef and owner of Scoundrel in Greenville, is a finalist for a James Beard Award.

Superintendent Burke Royster surprised the ten finalists at their schools on Monday morning.

“For a city of our size, this is going to be very important for us,” said Will Young, the city’s director of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. “It’ll sort of direct us over the next five to 10 years and what we should be doing next.” Read more.

Duke Energy’s plan to build a new natural gas generation facility in Anderson County has been approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, the utility announced March 26.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates more than one million residents now live in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metropolitan statistical area. New census estimates show that the Greenville metro’s population reached 1,014,101 residents on July 1, 2025.

Greer City Council unanimously approved a resolution allocating $288,057 in federal Community Development Block Grant and other funding for low- to moderate-income housing programs for the 2026 program year.

Greenville Liberty name Minihan as next head coach bit.ly/4dIYIG6

The master plan will provide a 10-year outlook for the city’s parks, trails, green spaces, recreation facilities and event programming.

Greenville County Council notes: Donaldson Center fire district seeks bonds for new equipment bit.ly/40Eby0F

Greenville’s Downtown Alive, Main Street Fridays music lineups announced bit.ly/4srmUkI

City Council notes: Mauldin offers updates on new railroad crossing, soccer stadium parking bit.ly/3NuaARJ

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ Comment ⬇️. Do you wear green today?

The haunting choral opening of Mozart’s Requiem will launch the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 season in September, opening a year that returns the orchestra to many of the cornerstone works of the European concert tradition.

The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District has organized a food and personal essentials drive to support federal employees impacted by the ongoing partial government shutdown.