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USC Aiken has been named to the 2021-2022 list of Military Friendly Schools, a designation reserved for educational institutions that have demonstrated a clear commitment to programs that improve the lives of veterans. This recognition is derived from the longest-running…

My column four weeks ago — "The insurrection that wasn’t" — argued that portraying the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol as an armed insurrection is simply wrong, unsupported by the facts.

WAGENER — Nigel Brown is on track to become closely acquainted with Laurens County over the next few years, and to travel from coast to coast during football season.

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s South Carolina Fire Academy graduated 28 recruits on Feb. 26 from its eight-week firefighter candidate school in Columbia.

This is in response to the Jack DeVine column “The insurrection that wasn’t.” Mr. DeVine has once again equated the protests against racial inequality/police brutality with the mob assaulting the Capitol to overturn election results. This is a false equivalency.

Disappearing balls and a talking electrical outlet wowed more than 450 area first-graders Feb. 24-25 thanks to Aiken Electric Cooperative and its famous resident magician.

Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter and Mu Lambda Chapter held a Virtual Community Impact Day titled “Pink Goes Red” for Heart Health on Feb. 5. This event is held annually by the sorority to…

In her brilliant collection of essays titled “On Photography,” critic Susan Sontag wrote that "in teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at." The current exhibition of works by photographer…

Which diet is the best? This is one of the most common questions about nutrition and health, with implications for weight control, chronic disease prevention and treatment, and exercise performance. Unfortunately, this is no simple answer to this question. While…

In most of our homes and businesses we have two instruments which are familiar to all. We have been very aware of these in the recent record-breaking cold. They are the thermometer and the thermostat.

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Q. What were the biggest birds in the world? I have heard that some extinct ones were taller than ostriches.

We began fostering puppies with FOTAS and Aiken County Animal Shelter shortly after seeing the conditions in the old shelter on Wire Road. In the almost 10 years since then, we have fostered more than 600 puppies, and our incredible…

COLUMBIA — As communities across the U.S. work toward finding ways to vaccinate the homebound against COVID-19, South Carolina’s largest hospice provider is partnering with state health officials to pilot an effort to vaccinate eligible residents who rarely, if ever,…

WASHINGTON — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic.

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“It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.” — Maureen Forrester

Aiken Technical College has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly School designation from Viqtory’s Military Friendly brand. This is the 10th consecutive year the college has received the designation.

ATLANTA — Preschool and K-12 school employees, adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers and parents of children with complex medical conditions will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia starting March 8.

The PGA Tour without Tiger Woods was always inevitable purely because of age. His shattered right leg from his SUV flipping down a hill on a sweeping road through coastal Los Angeles suburbs only brings that closer.

WASHINGTON — Republicans rallied solidly Wednesday against Democrats' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage.

WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis released Wednesday by U.S. regulators that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the…

COLUMBIA — A small group of South Carolina lawmakers decided Wednesday to postpone voting on a proposal to create a new law specifically to handle people stealing packages from porches, even after the chief supporter admitted a five-year minimum prison…

COLUMBIA — The utility executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a single watt of power pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges Wednesday.

PLAINS, Ga. — Now that former President Jimmy Carter and his wife are vaccinated against COVID-19, they have returned to one of their favorite things: church.

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday night.

Has anyone noticed that President Biden’s impassioned search for unity seems to have fizzled? Evidently, he’s either disinterested or unwilling to deliver on his Inauguration Day promise, preferring partisan alternatives at every step.

Although Aiken County’s teen birth rate has steadily declined over the last two decades, it still holds the 33rd highest teen birth rate in the state. With this in mind, in conjunction with Fact Forward, Helping Hands Inc. is starting…

COLUMBIA — Teachers, grocery store employees and other frontline essential workers in South Carolina could be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in two to three weeks, the state's top health official told lawmakers Tuesday.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years without putting an inmate to death.

COLUMBIA — As political observers mull the future of the Republican Party following the presidency of Donald Trump, the former president is making it clear that he's going to continue to play an active part. Trump is endorsing South Carolina's…

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Family and friends walked in procession through the coastal subdivision where armed men chased and shot him in the street. Others joined his mother for a vigil at the rural church where he's buried. Lawmakers paused to…

ATLANTA — Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue said Tuesday that he will not run in 2022 to reclaim a seat in the U.S. Senate, eight days after the defeated Republican filed campaign paperwork that could have opened the way for…

Q. What is the world's rarest animal?

Cities across the globe are waking up to the benefits of public art. Not only do such works enliven the urban core for the residents themselves but they also entice visitors to spend more time (and money) in the heart…

We tend to think of bacteria as something to avoid. Germophobes beware, but our bodies are literally covered and filled with bacteria. From our skin to the lining of our GI tract, bacteria are literally part of us. For sure,…

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When FOTAS and the Aiken County Animal Shelter launched our Doggy Days Out Program, we had no idea just how beneficial it would be for the dogs. It turns out to be great for the volunteers as well!

Every year about this time, my dear wife is in the process of gathering all of our tax-related documentation, and she asks the same question each year: What financial information should I keep for the future?

“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.” – W. Clement Stone

Let us get away from politics and talk about something really important – toilet paper.

During a virtual town hall meeting recently, the Alumni Association of USC Aiken announced the 2021 CORE 4 award honorees.

Last year, the Triple Crown Golf Classic was cancelled due to COVID-19. It would have marked the 25th annual tournament.

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions is now accepting applications for the Innovative Mini Grants Program, a competitive process that rewards innovative elementary and middle school educators in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Story Time in the Gardens, a reading program that promotes literacy in Aiken’s youth, begins its spring season at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 2. Story Time is free to attend and is held on the grounds of Rye Patch, located…

S.C. Rep. Bill Taylor was recently offended by a sign at the local post office that read “No Stamps.” He was so outraged that he posted this to his Facebook page:

The Kevin and Brittany Kisner Foundation recently committed an additional $50,000 toward Tee Up to Read. Now more than ever, it is important for children to receive books in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sixty years ago a new venture started in Aiken – a venture that has grown beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.” — W. Clement Stone