Editorial opinions on drug busts and public discourse in Aiken
Letters express sadness over drug busts in the Aiken Standard and urge scrutiny of welfare and families. They favor the Keystone Pipeline for national resources and critique customer service and political accountability, urging sanity tests for candidates and commenting on Mark Sanford callers.
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Aiken
Thank you to kind strangers near Pine Log Road
A reader thanks the helpful strangers who assisted after a fall at a gas station on Pine Log Road in Silver Bluff on Sunday. The person praises the courteous worker who pumped gas and checked on them, and asks readers to share similarly kind acts with the TalkBack hotline and email.
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Jst
Pine Log Road
Silver Bluff
Aiken
Modified bus teaches students about making right decisions
Seventh graders rode a Choice Bus operated by Dr. Shelley Stewart and the Mattie C Stewart Foundation to hear about avoiding dropouts and crime. The program includes a prison cell exhibit and a video with former inmates, with state farm backing and aims to guide students toward education and future plans.
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Leavelle McCampbell
Aja
Chet Pennock
Mattie C Stewart
Pennock
Sheley Stewar
State Farm
Fourral
Pennok
Schoo
Sondra Tamas
Leavelle
Shelley Stewart
Rite Aid to close Aiken store on May 10
Aiken Rite Aid will shut its doors within a month with the last regular business day May 10. Pharmacy files transfer to Walmart at 2035 Whiskey Road and remaining inventory will be cleared May 20. Corporate notes store count and nearby options in New Ellenton Williston and Augusta area.
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Aiken Rite Aid
Rite Aid
Eric Harkreader
Harkreader
New Ellenton
Williston
Augusta
Walmart
Whiskey Road
Centre South
Silver Bluff Road
Pine Log Road
Staples
GAO urges new bidders for $22.8 billion NNSA contract
The Government Accountability Office sustained protests over the award to Consolidated Nuclear Services for managing NNSA sites including Y-12 and Pantex. GAO recommends reopening procurement, soliciting updated cost savings from bidders, and a new source selection to ensure valid savings and adherence to criteria.
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Government Accountability Office
Washington
Pantex
Texas
Savannah River
GAO
National Nuclear Security Administration
NNSA
CNS
Bechtel
Lockheed Martin
Tennessee
Amarillo
White
Contra
Aiken
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