Azalea Fest set for next week
PICKENS — The 42nd annual Pickens Azalea Festival is set to return to downtown Pickens next week on April 24-25, More »
Six Mile issues statement on upcoming community events
SIX MILE — Following online concerns about upcoming community events in Six Mile, the Town of Six Mile released an More »
Let it grow
Tips for the gardening beginners Gardening has become an incredibly popular hobby around the world, and its appeal is continuing More »
Easley Area Museum added to Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail
EASLEY — The Easley Area Museum is pleased to be the newest location for a hand-painted quilt panel on the More »
Hope on the horizon?
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Feb. 26 was a night of information gathering for Pickens city officials, including a proposal that would help save the iconic water tank overlooking Main Street that is part of the city’s branding.
The presentations that evening were for items for council “to consider at a later date,” Mayor Isaiah Scipio said.
“We don’t ever want to bring something to council and have to try to make a first reading before we’ve really looked
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Officials debate ‘Released Time’ religious classes
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — An application for an off-campus high school religion class prompted discussion last week at a Pickens County School Board meeting
Two local board-approved courses were up for a vote. “Released Time 101 — Nature and the Bible” and “Released Time 102 — Bible: Myth or Fact?” make up a two-part course that explores
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School district announces new leadership roles
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County will see plenty of fresh and familiar faces in new roles in the coming months after five leadership position changes approved by school board trustees last week.
Brad Blackston (director of adult education), Chris Brewington (principal, East End Elementary School), Carrie Gregory (director of health services) and Lenette Hernandez (director of multilingual services) will begin in their new
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Thomas among Upstate’s best real estate agents
PICKENS — Megan Thomas of Thomas Realty in Pickens was recently honored as one of the top real estate agents in the Upstate.
Out of almost 10,000 local agents, Thomas ranked in the top 100 residential real estate agents from the 2023 real estate year.
Thomas’ results put you in the top 1 percent of residential real estate agents out of the GGAR MLS and the Western Upstate MLS from last year (based on 2023 on-market local sales within the county).
Thomas made a significant impact on Upstate South Carolina and its communities. She will be presented her award and honored at the “Upstate Real Producers Choice Awards” on March 20 in Greenville.
Wreaths Across America mobile exhibit comes to Pickens County
COUNTY — At the request of local Wreaths Across America (WAA) location coordinator Ann Warmuth, the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit visited Pickens County last month.
Students at Daniel, Easley, Liberty and Pickens high school were able to experience the exhibit.
According to the WAA website, the goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring local
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County basketball players honored
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — With South Carolina’s high school basketball season coming to an end last week, multiple awards and recognitions have come in for Pickens County players.
The highest honors came for Daniel’s Lila Mann and Pickens’ Maggie Chambers and Ava Owens, as they were named
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The Moon-Eyed people
When the Cherokee settled in the southern Appalachian Mountains, 11,000 years ago, the Moon-Eyed people were already there.
The Cherokee tell about a mysterious people, with blonde hair and round blue eyes, who lived in caves in the 
Appalachian Mountains. They were short and fat with beards, and their skin was milky white and covered with a soft down. Their blue eyes were so sensitive to light that they could only
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Courier Letters to the Editor 3-6-24
Biden’s leadership
Dear Editor,
Your Feb. 21 Opinion page included a humorous collection of headlines including “Joe Biden spotted on Campaign TRAIL,” suggesting that President Biden is not out campaigning for his second term. We think his absence is great; President Biden is using his integrity and leadership skills to deal with an array of problems the U.S. and world are
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Leveling strongholds within the human mind
The human experience includes the standard requirement to choose right and wrong and has always been 
accountable when it comes to good and evil.
Each of us has the free will to choose how we live and no matter how much we brag about being independent, there is no such thing as walking through this life refusing to be accountable to God. Every self-
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Put a ‘pause’ on surgery at the VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding an initiative designed to hold off rushing a veteran to surgery. The purpose of the Surgical Pause is to give a good going over with veterans destined for surgery to screen them for risk of 
frailty.
Already taking place at 50 of the VA facilities, the program seeks to identify veterans who would likely experience post-operative
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