Pickens County News

Scholarship winners from the School District of Pickens County Teacher Forum are, front row, from left, Emily Cothran, Daniel High School; Rita Custer, Daniel High School; Jessica Hannah, Pickens High School; and Ellis Evans, Liberty High School.

Pickens County's outgoing Veterans Affairs officer, Lt. Col. Rick Simmons, had some harsh words for County Council members when he was told that the full-time position he is leaving could become part time as part of the county's newly passed 2009-10 budget.

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Work on a 2030 comprehensive plan for Pickens County ramped up with a public kickoff of the project where residents raised issues from growth to tourism.

June 26, 2009 - 11:48 p.m. EST EASLEY - Approximately 26 of Pickens Countya s best teachers and 32 support employees were chosen by their respective schools as 2009-10 Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year and will have the opportunity to apply for district honors.

A once-neglected 200-year-old farmhouse not far from State 11 in Pickens County is getting some much-needed help from the state.

June 19, 2009 - 10:34 p.m. EST SENECA - Rising unemployment numbers in Oconee and Pickens counties indicate there will be no short-term relief from the more than yearlong economic recession.

Pickens County Veterans Affairs Officer Rick Simmons has accepted a position as Chief of Protocol for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan.

June 19, 2009 - 10:42 p.m. EST EASLEY - A Pickens County industry has been recognized as one of the newest members of the South Carolina Environmental Excellence program .

June 18, 2009 - 11:28 p.m. EST CENTRAL - Central police have made arrests in two separate cases, one involving two bomb threats issued to Wal-Mart and another involving a shoplifting at the supercenter and subsequent escape attempt.

New jobs coming to Pickens County soon LIBERTY - " Come October, 40 to 50 new jobs will be available in Pickens County.

June 17, 2009 - 12:14 a.m. EST At a cost of $1 million, Pickens County Airport is sporting a new terminal building that will be dressed up for its public grand opening June 27.

The drought that dried up Pickens County lawns and sent Lake Hartwell to record low levels is officially over.

June 15, 2009 - 10:47 p.m. EST A 24-year-old Easley man died Sunday night on Main Street in Easley when he crashed his motorcycle.

Pickens County and Duke Energy officials want to build a floating restroom on Lake Keowee.

Pickens County officials are trying to trim more than $1 million from a proposed 2009-10 operating budget ahead of a scheduled final vote on the spending plan.

Officials have yet to determine the cause of the home fire that claimed the life of a 58-year-old woman Thursday, but they don't think the fire was set.

June 12, 2009 - 11:48 p.m. EST Officials representing the tri-county area sign a beam that will be part of the new Tri Tech USA, Inc.

Almost 900 Blue Ridge Electric customers were still without power as of 6 a.m. today after severe thunderstorms ripped through the Upstate late Thursday.

Investigators were trying to determine the cause late today of a mobile home fire that apparently took the life of an Easley woman.