Clearwater finishes plant reborn as resource and recovery center
Clearwater officials join Environmental Control Systems Inc to revive the abandoned site once shuttered a decade ago. ECS acquired the property after environmental clearances and paying taxes and renamed it the Clearwater Resource and Recovery Center. Milt Hazel says the project rests on imagination.
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Clearwater —Aiken County
LaWana McKenzie
Clearwater
Clearwater Finishing Plant
McKenzie
Environmental Control Systems Inc
ECS
Clearwater Resource and Recovery Center
Milt Hazel
Clearwater Finishing
Gas prices stay high in Aiken County drive costs up
Two distribution executives in Aiken County cite crude oil costs and refinery issues as drivers of elevated fuel prices. Tommy Gibbs of All-State Petroleum points to OPEC price hikes and summer driving. James Roberts of United Energy Gasoline Wholesale notes crude at a ten year high and reformulated fuel costs.
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Aiken County
Tommy Gibbs
All-State Petroleum
OPEC
James Roberts
United Energy Gasoline Wholesalers
Roberts
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Storm brings winds but little rain to Aiken County
Aiken area recorded about 0.4 inches of rain with strong winds and two tree damage incidents. No injuries reported as of morning. potential for more rain 40 percent today. Two year rainfall deficit around 20 inches persists.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Savannah River Weather Station
Aiken Public Safety
Laurens Street
Tom Galardi
ADPS
Valley Green Drive
Chafee Spring Drive
National Weather Service
Hodges seeks federal aid over drought across South Carolina
Gov. Hodges toured drought struck fields in South Carolina and requested federal help to assess county losses and seek emergency aid from US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman. Water shortages forced canoeing restrictions at Aiken State Park and Laurens County begun a no watering policy through summer unless rainfall resumes.
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Matthews
South Carolina
Jim Hodges
Moss Perrow Sr
Hodges
Moss Perrow Jr
Laurie Lawson
Farm Service Agency
Perrons
FSA
US Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Aiken State Park
Edisto River
Jerry Henshaw
Laurens County
Missing Children Crisis Highlighted by National Center Seminar
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports over 750000 missing last year with 2100 children daily. Chief Frommer attended a two day seminar in Virginia with 40 police chiefs to learn center strategies.
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National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Pete Frommer
Aiken Department of Public Safety
United States
Alexandria
National Center
Frommer
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