This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
SHUTOUT LIONS LEAVE NO DOUBT IN HOMECOMING THRASING OF BEREA wAVE DROP HOMECOMING TO GREENVILLE; RED DEVILS FALL AT CLINTON; More »
4 charged in reported theft at Easley Belk
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — Four people face charges after the possible armed robbery of an Easley More »
Leadership Pickens County Announces 25-26’ Participants
EASLEY — Leadership Pickens County recently announced the participants of Class XXXIV(2025–2026). This prestigious program, sponsored by the Greater Easley, More »
Liberty, Pickens athletes hit milestones
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Two local athletes have hit milestones in recent weeks as the fall More »
Local papers keep communities strong
Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them More »
Pickens County Council OKs $500K aid for childcare
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Council approved $500,000 in aid to the Easley YMCA to help childcare in the county at its meeting held last week.
Task force findings
Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill presented the findings of the Pickens County Childcare/Workforce task force first during the committee of the whole meeting last Monday.
This task force included several local entities involved with the industry such as representatives from existing local
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County unemployment rate rises in June
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw another big increase during in the latest jobs report 
released earlier this month.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went up over a full percentage point from 4 percent
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Pickens County Opportunity Fair scheduled for next week
PICKENS — The Pickens County Boards and Commissions’ Opportunity Fair continues in August.
The opportunity fair will be held again from 5-6:30 p.m. before the Aug. 5 and Sept. 9 Pickens County Council meetings after hosting its first event before the July 22 county council meeting, according to a Pickens County social media post.
The opportunity fair will allow residents to learn more about and apply in-person, if
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Adams selected as Public Works and Utilities Director
PICKENS — Pickens resident Trey Adams, who has served as the ClearWater Solutions (CWS) Project Manager 
under that firm’s outsourced water and sewer management contract with the City, has been named Public Works and Utilities Director.
The reorganized department will now handle streets, garbage
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Anderson family reunion is planned for August 25
The family of Joseph Rugless Anderson and Nancy “Nealy” Anderson will hold its annual reunion on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Mountain Grove Baptist Church, located at 644 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
Focus on the invisible, not the impossible
Stop for a moment and closely observe this trial you’ve been going through.
When you are wounded and perplexed, it seems all you can think about is the pain, but within this raging battle, ask 
yourself (and be honest) if you’re focusing more on the circumstance than on God, who has all the answers. Ask and allow Him to heal your heart.
This situation will not last forever and after a period of suffering the time will come to crawl back to your knees, stand up, dust
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Courier Letters to the Editor 7-31-24
Believe in yourself and look up
Dear Editor,
I came into this world screaming and kicking many years ago! I brought nothing with me, and I have most of it left!
Never became famous, but I am loved by many around me. Never became rich, but I have things that can’t be bought with all of the money in the world. Things like good times I spent with those who loved me. They have brightened my
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Presidential politics paralleling the past?
The election of ‘24 is one that surely will never be forgotten.
A firebrand populist, unlike any presidential candidate who came before him, versus an old-school political insider.
Turmoil within the party of the incumbent.
Polarization over social, racial and economic issues.
Fears about the future of American democracy.
And an assassination attempt.
Yes, the election of ‘24 rocked the nation.
1824, I mean.
2024 promises to be possibly even more memorable, and consequential — while in some ways paralleling the one that came 200 years earlier.You must be logged in to view this content.
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Why seniors need to adopt a new pet
Animal shelters across the country are loaded with adoptable animals, with more coming in all the time. How did this happen?
When the pandemic started and people were locked at home, many decided the time was perfect to adopt a pet. But now that offices have reopened and the kids are back in school, those pets have, in too many
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It’s not double dipping
Veterans who took the separation check that was offered when they left the service cannot legally get disability payments now — until that separation money is paid back.
Think about that a minute.
The military wants to wind down and asks a veteran to go ahead and retire early, maybe
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