Daily Archives: 04/19/2022
Company moving ahead with Liberty landfill plan
No coal ash included; county keeping mum on possible settlement in legal battle
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — MRR is taking steps toward building a landfill on its property near Liberty, although not for coal ash, according to the state Department of Health
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Local legislators and manufacturers have expressed their opposition to a project that could bring a coal ash dump to Pickens County.
and Environmental Control.
The move is the latest twist in a legal entanglement between the North Carolina-based company and Pickens County that stretches back to 2016.
DHEC has scheduled a virtual public hearing on a request from MRR to dispose of more than twice the
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HOW TO TAKE PART IN APRIL 28 VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING
COUNTY — The state Department of Health and Environmental Control will hold a virtual public hearing at 6:30 p.m. April 28 to accept oral comments on a draft permit to increase the maximum annual disposal amount for a proposed landfill on S.C. Highway 93 east of Liberty.
Anyone may participate remotely using a phone or computer.
Registration is required prior to the date of the hearing. To register, go to https://forms.office.com/g/8jCvBsprgP.
2 arrested on drug charges after chase
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Two men face multiple charges, including drug trafficking, after a police chase earlier this month that ended in Liberty.
According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, deputies with the Uniform Patrol Division conducted a drug interdiction traffic stop on April 8 that resulted in the arrests of Zachary Adam Morrison and Dakota Shane Williamson.
Deputies initiated the stop after confirming Morrison, the driver, had outstanding arrest warrants for a prior drug offense, the
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benefits of county ACOG investment
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The Appalachian Council of Governments provides a variety of services and benefits to the citizens of Pickens County, according to the organization’s executive director.
ACOG executive director Steve Pelissier gave the organization’s annual update to Pickens County Council at its April 4 meeting.
ACOG has worked with Pickens County “for about 55 years now,” he said.
“I think a good way to talk about performance is return on investment,” Pelissier said. “Last year, Pickens County invested $61,631 into the Council of Governments. The return to the county — through our programs to
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City set to cancel Doodle program
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens’ police chief believes it’s time to end a pilot program that allowed golf carts on the Doodle Trail with a special permit.
The issue was discussed during Pickens City Council’s April 4 meeting.
“With springtime upon us, we’ve started having some questions regarding what is the policy for the city of Pickens for golf carts on the Doodle Trail,” city administrator Philip Trotter said.
In 2020, the cities of Pickens and Easley began a pilot program allowing golf carts on the
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Whirling disease detected in SC trout for first time
COUNTY — The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, working with the Southeastern Fish Disease Cooperative at Auburn University, has documented the presence of whirling disease for the first time in four streams sampled recently in Pickens and Greenville counties.
This represents the first positive diagnosis of the whirling disease pathogen in South Carolina trout streams.
First detected in the United States in 1958, whirling disease is found in more than 20 states, including North Carolina and Georgia. Whirling disease can cause 90 percent or greater mortality of young rainbow trout and can have serious impacts to wild and hatchery trout populations. The disease is caused by the microscopic parasite
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FOLKS awards local students scholarships
COUNTY — A pair of Pickens County high school students were among five recipients of the Jack Lewis Watershed Stewardship Scholarship from the Friends 
of Lake Keowee Society (FOLKS), the group announced recently.
Daniel’s William Chandler and Pickens’ Jackson Keith joined Walhalla’s Claire Mattox and Savannah Smith and William Quisenberry of NEXT School Eagle Ridge as this year’s scholarship winners.
FOLKS established the Jack Lewis Watershed Stewardship Scholarship to provide college financial support to high school students showing a strong interest in natural resource conservation and the environment, according to a news release. The scholarship is named in honor of Jack Lewis, whose time with the Friends of Lake Keowee Society spanned 44 years. Lewis’
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Liberty High seniors announced as scholarship award winners
LIBERTY — The Liberty Community Scholarship Board recently announced Liberty High School seniors Gabriela Maria Juan and Kaitlyn Alexis Whitaker as the recipients of the 2022 Liberty Community Scholarship Award.
Juan is a member of the Interact Club and National Beta Club She has worked at Liberty Primary as an afterschool care worker. She also works with the YMCA in Pickens as a camp counselor and afterschool worker. She has played on the Liberty High varsity volleyball team and golf team and served as a scorekeeper
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It’s time to go outdoors again
When spring comes, it’s a thing of such rare beauty we just have to go outside and soak it up as long as it’s here.
And in our region, it usually doesn’t last that long.
But when that perfect blue-sky day is out there and the sun is shining, everything comes to life. Maybe today it’s time to put out the hummingbird feeder. Past time, really.
A decision has to be made as to exactly where it will go, as we added
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