Daily Archives: 03/05/2025
Fire on the Mountain
More than 200 acres burn in Six Mile Mountain fire, no injuries reported
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Officials said a fire that burned more than 200 acres on Six Mile Mountain over the weekend resulted in no injuries or loss of life.
The fire began on Saturday, and firefighters worked overnight to control the fire, which had been 85 percent contained by Sunday. A massive plume of smoke filled the sky over the mountain on Saturday 
afternoon, then flames showed themselves against the black of night once the sun went down, but the only obvious visible evidence of the wildfire by Monday morning was the acres of burned vegetation spread around the sides of the mountain.
The fire prompted evacuations of some areas near the
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Sheriff warns of crypto scam
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Sheriff Tommy Blankenship wants residents to be aware of a scam that 
attempts to use his agency’s name to rip off its victims.
In a video posted on the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page on Feb. 27, Blankenship said his agency is seeing “a lot” of calls about scammers who
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Medical event leads to woman’s death in vehicle
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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LIBERTY — Pickens County Coroner Andrew Wilson said a Liberty woman found dead after her car collided into her home is believed to have died of natural causes.
In a release issued Feb. 25, Wilson said he and deputy coroner Marsha Alexander responded to a home on North Freeman Road in Liberty at 11:45 a.m. that day “in reference to a motor vehicle collision that
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Economist: US residents pay cost of tariffs
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — As the Trump administration makes good on threats to levy tariffs around the world, 
consumers in the United States bear the costs, according to a Clemson University professor.
The Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce held its annual “State of the Economy” luncheon on Feb. 20 at the Easley campus of Tri-County Technical College, with Clemson economics professor Scott Baier as the
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