Power Outages Close Many Anderson County Offices

Power Outages have closed the following Anderson County offices until Monday:

  • Anderson County Courthouse Annex, 401 East River St., Anderson

  • Ronald P. Townsend Building, 2404 North Main St., Anderson

  • Treasurer and Auditor‘s offices, 4 Civic Court, Powdersville

  • White Street Convenience Center, 2151 White St. Ext., Anderson

  • Craytonville Convenience Center, 200 Wilson Rd., Belton

  • Special Population Recreation, 101 S. Fant St., Anderson

  • Senior Citizen Programs, 101 S. Fant St., Anderson

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Greg Wilson
Council Reviewing Applications for Added Library Board Seats

Council received the 43 applications for the at-large positions after Tuesday’s meeting. The overwhelming majority of applicants earned post-secondary degrees including one M.D., eight Ph.D.s, 12 master’s degrees, 15 four-year degrees, five two-year degrees and two with no degreed education beyond high school diplomas.

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Greg Wilson
Council Moves Ahead on FY 2024-25 Budget

Anderson County Council passed the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget in name only Tuesday night, to stay on schedule for approving a final county budget before July 1. The working budget is waiting on the state to pass its budget for final details on funding for the county.

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Greg Wilson
Anderson Joins 8 Counties Marking Confederate Memorial Day

Day is also Official State holiday in South Carolina

Since 2000 survey of all 46 counties found that the other participating counties are: Allendale, Cherokee, Colleton, Dillon, Lexington, McCormick and Oconee. Of them, seven are predominantly white. Allendale County is the only one with a largely African American population.

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Greg Wilson
Candidates for 3rd Dist. U.S. House Seat Say Immigration, Budget Top Priorities

Seven of the 11 candidates seeking to fill the U.S. House 3 Seat for South Carolina vacated by Jeff Duncan were on hand for the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce candidate forum on Thursday. Six Republicans - Sheri Biggs, Kevin Bishop, Franky Franco, Phil Healy, Michael LaPierre and Elspeth Murday - and one Democrat, Byron L. Best took park in the forum. Republicans Mark Burns, Stewart O. Jones, Democrat Francis Guldner, and Alliance Party’s Mike Bedenbaugh did not attend the event

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Greg Wilson
County Council Candidates Outline Priorities at Chamber Forum

All four candidates for the challenged Anderson County Council seats took part in Thursday’s Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce candidate forum. County Council Chairman Tommy Dunn, and his Dist. 5 challenger Robert McCurry and County Council Vice Chairman Brett Sanders and his challenger Dave Shalaby outlined differences in their approach to serving the county during the forum.

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Greg Wilson
National Group Rates AnMed Safety with Top Grade

AnMed was awarded an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from the a national nonprofit watchdog organization, which offers grades to general hospitals across the nation based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them. 

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