Daily Archives: 08/09/2022
Need for blood donors ‘critical’
Behavioral Health Services to host blood drive Monday
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — In June, officials with The Blood Connection and Upstate hospitals sounded the alarm about a lack of blood donors and said they feared the possibility of a blood shortage.
As summer winds down, the situation hasn’t improved, according to Katie Smithson, press and media coordinator with The Blood
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Duke seeking state approval for rate hikes
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
COLUMBIA — Duke Energy Carolinas is asking a state agency for its blessing to pass a rate increase that would 
increase the average residential customer’s bill by almost $16, saying fuel prices triggered the request.
The utility made its annual filing on July 29, with the Public
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County receives millions for airport expansion project
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Airport will be expanding and is receiving some financial help from the South 
Carolina Aeronautics Commission.
“We’re building a lot of taxiway space, a lot of hangar space,” county administrator Ken Roper said during Pickens
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Man faces series of drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Pickens man faces multiple drug charges after a Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigation.
According to a sheriff’s office release, members of its Special Operations Unit and Community Action Team initiated a drug investigation on Knollwood Heights Road last month.
Special Operations Unit agents supervised undercover transactions that yielded
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State campaign inspires county to highlight ‘7 wonders’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County administrator Ken Roper believes a statewide campaign exploring South Carolina’s natural wonders offers a chance to highlight the natural beauty of the county.
The 2022 South Carolina 7 campaign is a partnership between two nonprofits, Global Eco Adventures and the
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DHEC official gives update on monkeypox in SC
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COLUMBIA — More cases of monkeypox have popped up in South Carolina since the disease first hit the state in early July, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported last week.
As of Aug. 3, a total of 23 cases had been diagnosed in the state, with six in the Upstate. DHEC epidemiologist Linda Bell said though anyone can contract monkeypox, the risk for widespread disease is low.
“Monkeypox can be spread through prolonged face-to-face contact, skin-to-
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‘Queen Esther’ show set for PCPAC this weekend
PICKENS — Echo Theatre, a drama group started last year by a homeschool mom of seven and her daughter, showed its own never-before-seen production of “Queen Esther” over the weekend.
The colorful, brilliant story was taken from the biblical book of Esther and brought to the stage at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center in Liberty. Echo Theatre is an all-ages, Evangelical Christian group that teaches the
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Dockside, Bixby officials update plans for moving in students
CLEMSON — With construction coming to a close on two major mixed-use developments in Clemson, officials involved with the projects say they’re on track to open soon.
An official with the Bixby student housing mixed-use project on College Avenue said plans are to move in students before classes start at Clemson University later this month, while a Dockside official said its move-in will be a two-
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