Clean Up Aiken!, an organization established earlier this year to clean up litter and prevent littering, was among the honorees Friday during the Keep Aiken County Beautiful Birthday and Volunteer Awards Luncheon.
Following a sometimes-heated public hearing, the Aiken County Planning Commission postponed consideration Thursday of a proposed zoning change…
The Aiken City Council on Monday pumped the brakes on the Hitchcock Woods stormwater project, as proposals for the venture came in millions of…
Aiken County Superintendent King Laurence announced this week that there have been talks of setting up vaccine clinics over the summer to help…
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