Council re tables dam repairs in bond decision delay
Aiken County Council re tabling a 6 million bond for Langley Dam repairs after a 7 2 vote to await more specifics. County Administrator Clay Killian says final repair cost not known, expects a presentation in weeks. A FEMA grant hoped for 1.5 million with 500000 county match, pool project also discussed at Graniteville center.
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Langley Dam
Aiken County
Clay Killian
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Aiken County Recreation Center
Graniteville
U.S. Highway 1
Chuck
Last Chance To Sign Up For GOP Primary In South Carolina
South Carolina voters must register by Wednesday to vote in the February 20 Republican presidential primary. Registration options include iVOTES.org or the Voter Registration Office at the Aiken County Government Center. Online registration requires a SC driver's license or DMV ID.
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South Carolina
Ivotes.org
Aiken County
University Parkway
Department of Motor Vehicles
Chris Whitmire
State Election Commission
Area Deaths list names of local residents in Virginia and South Carolina
Deaths and Funerals 6A lists Alvin Dewitt Herndon of Williamsburg Virginia Annie Mae Weir Ford of New Ellenton Anson Red Harding of North Augusta Janet Brock Kight of New Ellenton Jovlyn Furtick of Salley Larry Greene of Warrenville Letha Lorene Peterson of Aiken The Rev Louie L Anderson of Aiken Ruby Mae Cuthberson Bates of Windsor and their obituaries.
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Alvin Dewitt Herndon
Williamsburg
Virginia
Annie Mae Weir Ford
New
Jovlyn Furtick
Salley
Larry Greene
Warrenville
Letha Lorene Peterson
Aiken
Rev
Louie L. Anderson
Ruby Mae Cuthberson Bates
Windsor
Lawmakers push to complete MOX facility amid shutdown cost
U S Reps Joe Wilson Rick Allen Mick Mulvaney and Donald Norcross toured the MOX facility and argued it would cost 500 million to mothball a project 68 percent complete per CB I affiliate while DOE counters 40 percent. They say funds should finish construction rather than restart. The MOX program aims to convert weapons plutonium to fuel under a 2000 U S Russia pact.
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Derrek Asberry
U.S
Joe Wilson
R-S. C
Rick Allen
R-Ga
Mox
Savannah River
Mick Mulvaney
Donald Norcross
D-N. J
Wilson
Allen
Cb&i
Areva Mox Services
Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSA
NASA
Russia
Chance of snow possible Saturday in Lowcountry area
Forecasters warn of a weather system that could bring light snow flurries Saturday across the CSRA with less than an inch of accumulation. Most snow expected north and east of Aiken as a low pressure system moves through the region.
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National Weather Service
Aiken
CSRA
al Moore
Moore
Aiken podiatrist among several charged in oxycodone conspiracy
Aiken County case names Dr. Mackie James Walker Jr., a podiatrist, plus multiple others in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute oxycodone from 2013 onward. Walker faces two counts of distributing oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and one count of using a telephone to facilitate a felony.
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Aiken
Aiken County
U.S
District of
South Carolina
Bill Nettles
Mackie James Walker Jr
Walker
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