Weather delays at Aiken Standard office noon start
Inclement weather may delay today's paper delivery with schedules returning to normal Thursday. Early deadlines prevented full report on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday. complete coverage and analysis at aikenstandard.com. Page 9A covers how Obama's speech challenges Congress on minimum wage.
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Area Deaths Judy Davis Woodruff and Rick Peebles
Obituary notices for Judy Davis Woodruff of Beech Island and Richard Alan Rick Peebles of Aiken along with Troy Levi Turner of Aiken list services and survivors. Local death notices appear in the 6A pages under area deaths and funerals.
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Snowstorm prompts school closings in Aiken County
Aiken County schools sent students home early as a winter storm threatened the region with sleet and snow. USC Aiken and Aiken Technical College canceled classes while high school basketball games were postponed. The South Carolina Department of Transportation pre treated primary routes and authorities warned of 2 to 4 inches of snow by Wednesday morning. The storm prompted statewide alerts and guidance for updates sharing postponements.
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Aiken Snow History Through the Years
Aiken experienced notable snow events from 1973 to 2011. Feb 12 1973 brought 15 inches with a fatality. Feb 19 1979 sleet and ice hit. Jan 20 1992 saw four inches of snow. Jan 3 2002, five to eight inches. Feb 12 2010, four to six inches. Jan 10 2011 about three inches and freezing rain.
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Potato farm lawsuit settled by Walther Farms
Walther Farms pledges to be good neighbors and work with residents to protect natural resources after a lawsuit settlement. Tim Rogers of Friends of the Edisto notes the agreement marks a cooperative path forward.
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Friends of Edisto Reach Accord Over Windsor Water Permit
The group said a compromise with Walther Farms and SCDHEC resolves the challenge to a Windsor potato farm water withdrawal approved in 2013 to the Edisto River. Walther Farms halves the initial withdrawal, shifts Wiley Fork Farm to groundwater for a year, installs a stream gauge, adds a buffer, maintains 560 acres of forested buffers, and submits a contingency plan for low flow.
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Opinion fragment prompts reader input at Aiken Standard
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