City asks for voluntary water use cutbacks in drought
Aiken authorities urge residents to reduce outdoor watering as drought risks rise. City Manager Roger LeDuc notes Mason’s Branch reservoir refill while officials weigh movement to severe drought status and potential odd/even watering days if mandated.
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Aiken
Roger LeDuc
Mason's Branch
Shaw's Creek
LeDuc
S.C. Department of Natural Resources
Aiken County
GOP targets Sen Moore on budget bill over food tax relief
House Republicans winged into Aiken on a tax cut push pressing Sen Tommy Moore to back a final budget. They argue Moore holds the key vote to eliminate the five cent food tax over five years while negotiating with Democrats Land and Setzler. Moore counters the plan, urging focus on funding vital services and questioning the tax math.
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House
Aiken
Tommy Moore
Dclearwater
Moore
Senate
David Wilkins
Bobby Harvell
Rick Quinn
Mark Kelley
John Land
Nikki Setzler
Wilkins
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Setzler
GOP
Deputy Don wins DARE Officer of the Year honor
Aiken County's Deputy Don Henry, known as Deputy Don, is named South Carolina DARE Officer of the Year. The award was presented at a Myrtle Beach luncheon, with colleagues praising his engaging school visits and trust-building approach to anti drug education for students from Oakwood Windsor and Redcliffe Elementary. Henry joined the Sheriff's Office in 1994 and has worked with DARE since 1999.
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Aiken County
Don Henry
S.C. Dare
Myrtle Beach
Aiken County Sheriff's Office
Sissy Bowman
Oakwood-Wind
Sor Elementary
Don
Tamara Sanders
Oakwood
Windsor
Jennifer Minichan
Redcliffe Elementary
Dare
Tamara
Henry
ACSO
Obituaries and funeral notices from Aiken and Jackson areas
Emma Irving Jones of Aiken and Elease Wooden Newsome of North Augusta appear in funeral notices. John Willie Oliver and Willie Perry Jr. are listed with Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home. Gertrude Colin Tincher of Jackson is noted with Napier Funeral Home in Granite.
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Emma Irving Jones
Aiken
Jackson-Brooks
Elease Wooden Newsome
North Augusta
G. L. Brighthorp & Sons
John Willie Oliver
Willie Perry Jr
Gertrude Colin Tincher
Jackson
Napier
Granite ii
WSRC Earns 11.4 Million DOE Award Fee
The Westinghouse Savannah River Co earned 11 404 075 of a 14 382 500 award fee from the Department of Energy for the latest period DOE assessed performance across six business areas including high level waste environmental restoration and tritium plus five safety focused areas. DOE manager Greg Rudy praised HLW program management noting no major safety or environmental events despite multiple system upsets.
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Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
Department of Energy
WSRC
DOE
Rudy
HLW
Senate OKs payments for workers
The Senate approved a program to provide medical benefits and at least 200000 dollars per worker, including Savannah River Site employees, exposed to radiation since the 1950s. The plan would also cover silica and beryllium exposure in Ohio and other states, but excludes cancer from chemical exposure and faces slow progress.
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Washington
Senate
Savannah River
Ohio
Sen
George Voinovich
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