Popular UAVs Rise as Holiday Gifts Across Regions
North Augusta resident Justin Sellers, an experienced UAV pilot and instructor, explains the sport and work use of unmanned aerial vehicles. He notes real estate shoots and emergency services as common tasks while highlighting FAA regulations and costs versus helicopters. The article mentions Fox Creek High School project aerials and a shift from “drone” to UAV terminology.
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Justin Sellers
North Augusta
Sellers
Afghanistan
Federal Aviation Administration
Gainesville
Florida
Bill Bengtson
Travis Gibson
Fox Creek High School
Josh Trahan
Area aviators weigh impact of new drone rules
North Augusta pilot Damon Comparetta backs FAA safety focus as drones over half a pound move toward federal registration. Aiken residents Bud Coward and others on the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission watch developments as rules roll out.
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Associated Press
Federal Aviation Administration
Damon Comparetta
North Augusta
Aiken
Bud Coward
South Carolina Aeronautics Commission
U.S
Joe Wilson
KronotexUSA Plans Expansion in Barnwell County
KronotexUSA expands its Barnwell facility with a 230 million investment creating 105 new jobs and boosting laminate flooring capacity. The project will add 300000 cubic meters of high density fiberboard yearly and raise the workforce to about 275 as construction starts mid 2016 and fiberboard operations begin by summer 2018.
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Barnwell
Kronotexusa
Krono Group
810
Technology Drive
South Carolina
Nikki Haley
Barnwell County
Coordinating Council For Economic Development
Norm Voss
Kronotexusa Holdings
Voss
County Council
David Kenner
Tommy Boyleston
Economic Development Commission
Kenner
Kronotexusa.com
Area Deaths and Funerals Notice
Obituary notice listing Dales Brown Lexington Eppie Manuel Landry Baton Rouge Freddie M. Graham Brooklyn Sally Piper Gregory Aiken and Victor J Wyszynski Jr Aiken with death and funeral notices in the 6A section
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Dale Brown
Lexington
Eppie Manuel Landry
Baton
Sally Piper Gregory
Aiken
Victor J. Wyszynski Jr
Forecast suggests possible storms with warm highs
The five day outlook calls for a chance of storms with temperatures near 73 degrees during the day and 65 at night. The period features heat and humidity with unsettled skies and possible showers spreading across the region.
Christmas heat record seen this year across Aiken County
Temperatures are forecast to reach the upper 70s to 80s by Christmas Eve and stay high through Christmas Day in Aiken County and across the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Hunter Coleman says if 80s occur, it would be the warmest Christmas on record, surpassing the 1964 high of 76 degrees.
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Aiken County
Hunter Coleman
National Weather Service
Columbia
Aiken
The
Tures
Coleman
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Aiken Standard
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Floydandgreen.com
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