Site reaches glass-pouring milestone
The Savannah River Site happily reported that the second melter ever installed at the Defense Waste Processing Facility, or DWPF recently poured its 10 millionth pound of glass in an effort to treat...
View ArticleEditorial: Obama puts needed light on investing in country's youth
President Barack Obama's return to South Carolina this week seemed tinged with much more of a personal touch than a political one.
View ArticleColumn: School board must work to get it right
The true measure of integrity is doing what is right and just even when no one is looking.
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Field turf a smart move
The general public needs to know about the need – yes the need – for field turf at North Augusta High School.
View ArticleKids tennis clinic serves up fun, instruction
More than 100 young tennis players took a swing at the sport – some of them for the first time – Saturday at the Free Tennis Play Day for Kids.
View ArticleCouncil might permanently revoke Marlboro Station's business license
Aiken City Council will decide Monday whether to revoke the Marlboro Station's business license permanently due to ongoing incidents that have required the Aiken Department of Public Safety to respond.
View ArticleMustangs come up big
COLUMBIA - Coming into the Class AAA state championship game, the Midland Valley boys' basketball team knew it had its work cut out. It was going against an A.C. Flora team that can throw some pretty...
View ArticleAustin Dillon dominates to win Xfinity race at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Austin Dillon appeared headed to an easy victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway until four fresh tires helped Ryan Blaney chase him down.
View ArticleLocal companies show support for pipeline
Congressional supporters of the Keystone Pipeline fell just five votes short of overriding a presidential veto to move forward with the project. Still, S.C. legislators, and companies in and around...
View ArticleWomen's College Basketball Roundup: Princeton wins Ivy League Championship
NEW YORK - Blake Dietrick scored 17 points and No. 13 Princeton wrapped up the Ivy League championship and an NCAA Tournament bid with a 63-44 victory over Columbia on Saturday night.
View ArticleSC flu deaths up sharply compared with last season
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- State health officials say the number of deaths from the flu this year are up sharply, compared with last season.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that more people...
View ArticleOak Ridge Boys coming to Aiken, tickets on sale Friday
Award-winning Oak Ridge Boys will be at the USC Aiken Convocation Center, 375 Robert Bell Parkway, on April 17.Tickets will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m.With hits of "Dream On," "Gotta Take a Lot of...
View Article2 charged after man dies from mistakenly drinking herbicide
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina men have been charged with stealing a powerful herbicide and selling it to someone who ultimately died after ingesting it. Attorney General Alan Wilson said...
View ArticleClinton concedes she should have used government email
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Breaking her silence, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Tuesday that she should have used government email as secretary of state and acknowledged she had destroyed tens of...
View ArticleJury finds Pharrell, Thicke copied 'Blurred Lines' song
LOS ANGELES — A jury awarded Marvin Gaye's children $7.3 million on Tuesday after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create "Blurred Lines," the...
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