SRNS Plans Hiring Surge With Aiken Tech Program
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will hire up to 2 000 new workers through a partnership with Aiken Technical College. The Nuclear Fundamentals Certificate program offers up to 2000 in grant funds per semester and costs about 2100 per semester for county residents. Graduates can join SRNS as operators with starting pay near 41000 annually.
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Aiken County
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SANS
Aiken Chamber Honors 2021 Award Winners
The 98th Greater Aiken Chamber awards dinner recognized top local firms and people. Rebecca Robbins earned woman of the year and Frank Thomas man of the year, with Savannah River Remediation large business of the year and Aiken Active Seniors small business of the year.
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Rebecca Robbins
Frank Thomas
Savannah River Remediation
SRR
Aiken Active
Karen Poteat
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Robbins honored for public service at Aiken awards dinner
Robbins earns Lifetime Membership from Girl Scouts of America and is praised for service at Aiken Regional Medical Centers and scouting. She was recognized in April 2013 for retirement from the Aiken County Commission for Higher Education, with colleagues lauding her daily mission to help others.
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Aiken
Girl Scouts of America
Aiken County
Frank Thomas Named Aiken Chamber Man of the Year
Frank Thomas, retired president of Security Federal Bank, is honored as Aiken Chamber man of the year. A USC Aiken graduate, he built a 50 year banking career, led local groups, and volunteered widely in the community.
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Robbins Chosen Chamber Woman of the Year in Aiken
Rebecca Robbins wins Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year for leading funding of the Aiken Center for the Arts renovation in downtown Aiken. She thanks family and her husband for unwavering support and notes her lifelong volunteering lineage.
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Area Deaths Prompt Aiken and Langley Names
Frances Boatwright Turner Langley James E Harrison and James Patrick Pat Penrod are listed among area deaths as reported in Virginia Deaths and Funerals compilation for New Ellenton Aiken and surrounding communities. Theresa Stokes Jackson is also noted as part of the region’s obituaries.
Weather outlook: mostly cloudy with cool temperatures
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high near 39 and a low around 27. A five day outlook is provided with consistent cool conditions and no significant precipitation expected.
Weather outlook brings sleet ice and light snow to Aiken
National Weather Service in Columbia issues a Winter Storm Warning for western and northern Aiken County as a mix of sleet ice and light snow is possible Friday night into Saturday morning. Meteorologist Whitney Smith notes minor accumulation up to a tenth of an inch with temperatures near freezing dropping to 27. The storm follows the mid Atlantic Nor’easter and recalls the 2014 ice event.
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Pat” Penrod, Aiken
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New Ellenton
Theresa Stokes Jackson
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Windsor
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