Merlin, a carriage tour horse with Sea Island Carriage Co., is shown June 7, 2014, near the water trough in the Beaufort Downtown Marina parking lot near Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Staff photo ...

Five years ago, Beaufort officials made carriage tour operators bid at least $10,000 if they wanted to work downtown. Tuesday night, city council raised that minimum to $25,000 for a five-year license ...

Zoom out. What’s the big picture here?The company is well established and some cursory research as to the ethics of how they treat their animals returned some very positive and encouraging results. It ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. - Beaufort is considering new rules for carriage tours, in part, because of concerns about the health of horses. The Beaufort Gazette reports city council is considering several changes ...