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Preserving the Music
The Winter Bluegrass Jubilee, currently the only annual fundraising event for Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music (POSAM) is set for Saturday, Jan. 18 at Pickens High School from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. This year, the jubilee will highlight award winning IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) artists, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out and the Grammy nominee Darren Nicholson, and Band. Other local bands, made up of previous Young Appalachian Musicians alumni (YAM) will be performing. POSAM serves over 350 students each year in the elementary schools of Pickens and Oconee County. The students are introduced to the instruments of traditional bluegrass (guitar, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle).
Hillcrest weathervane honors annual tradition in Clemson-Carolina rivalry
PICKENS — When the new Hillcrest office was being built in 1993, Andy Cone convinced the architects to design a weathervane featuring interchangeable Clemson University and University of South Carolina mascots.
Cone was the President of Hillcrest and a lifelong Clemson fan. Hillcrest founder Dwight Holder was at the other end of the spectrum as a Gamecock fan.
Cone remembered growing up in Clemson and watching the six o’clock
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Public safety startup PursuitAlert appoints new CEO
PICKENS — PursuitAlert, a leading innovator in public safety technology founded by former Pickens County Undersheriff Tim Morgan, announced today the appointment of Joe Cameron as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Morgan founded the company to alert citizens of nearby high-speed police pursuits, after having been at the forefront of addressing such challenges as a law enforcement officer until his retirement in 2012. PursuitAlert is part of Upstate Upstarts, a group of technology startups based in Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Seneca, Union, and Cherokee counties.
Under Morgan’s leadership, PursuitAlert has developed innovative solutions to enhance public safety and expanded the service to six states across the nation.
The company’s technology provides real-time alerts, similar to Amber Alerts and weather alerts, about nearby emergency vehicle operations, giving users a 30-45 second notice of potential dangers, such as a police chase, approaching emergency
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SC Waffle Fest ’25 set for downtown Liberty
LIBERTY — The city of Liberty will host a brand-new festival in 2025.
The event is the first-ever Waffle Fest and will be presented by the U.S. Waffle Company.
The festival will take place on March 29 on South Commerce and West Front Street in downtown Liberty from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., rain or shine. The event will proceed regardless of weather conditions.
The city will provide more information leading up to the new event.
Vendors are invited to join in the fun. Food vendors are asked to include at least
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Future unclear for Easley Big Lots
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The future of the Easley Big Lots location is in doubt, following corporate leadership instructing all locations to commence “Going Out of Business” sales.
That instruction followed a corporate release issued Dec. 19 announcing the company did not anticipate a previously announced “asset purchase agreement” with Nexus Capital Management going forward.
That sales agreement with Nexus Capital Management had been announced
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