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A project to repurpose a former textile mill in Warrenville and turn it into an apartment complex has received a tax break from Aiken County.
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The Aiken County Public School District is mourning the loss of a former Belvedere Elementary School student who was killed Monday in a deadly…
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A project to repurpose a former textile mill in Warrenville and turn it into an apartment complex has received a tax break from Aiken County. Read more
A project to repurpose a former textile mill in Warrenville and turn it into an apartment complex has received a tax break from Aiken County. Read more
The City of Aiken is evaluating its road maintenance fee, which generates hundreds of thousa… Read more
Elliott Davis, an accounting firm headquartered in Greenville, will be assisting Aiken Count… Read more
Aiken County Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to provide the Aiken County A… Read more
In a recent instance of bipartisan consensus, the leaders of the Aiken County Democratic and… Read more
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Replacing decades-old tritium facilities at the Savannah River Site with something far more state of the art is increasingly important, National Nuclear Security Administration executive Dr. Charles Verdon said Tuesday, as plans to ramp up work with the radioactive gas come… Read more
All of the South Carolina High School League's state football championships this December will take place in the same venue, the league's executive committee decided Tuesday. Read more
Gone are two World Golf Championships from the PGA Tour schedule. New to the schedule is the first PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament in Scotland that doesn't involve a claret jug. Read more
Many locally know of Eutaw Springs battlefield and its importance in the Revolutionary War for American independence. What transpired in the Southern colonies and in particular in South Carolina cannot be underestimated in importance. More Americans need to know about these chapters in our history. Read more
Ben & Jerry's, noted for its ice cream made from "contented cows," has produced not such contented consumers in many circles fol… Read more
Is the current administration for unity or division. Read more
Did you throw away or get rid of your masks earlier this year when COVID-19 regulations began to relax? Read more
