Daily Archives: 03/03/2021
State set to move to next phase of vaccine
Anyone 55 and older, front-line workers eligible
COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Tuesday that South Carolina will advance to Phase 1b of the 
state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan beginning Monday, March 8.
“Throughout South Carolina’s vaccination efforts, our priority has been — and continues to be — saving lives,” McMaster said. “In the month of February, South Carolina
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County virus numbers steady
COLUMBIA — COVID-19 death numbers have steadied in Pickens County over the past week, with six deaths over the past seven days.
According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county reported five confirmed deaths and one probable death in the one-week period from
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Courier staffers earn press awards
COLUMBIA — Two Pickens County Courier staff members were honored by the South Carolina Press Association recently for their work in 2020.
In the SCPA’s annual news contest, Courier staff reporter Jason Evans and editor Zack Mauldin received awards voted on by peers in the newspaper industry. The awards will be presented later this year at the SCPA annual meeting and awards presentation.
Evans, a longtime local reporter who joined the Courier
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New plant to science discovered in county
By Greg Lucas
SCDNR
news@thepccourier.com
SUNSET — A plant that is new to science has been discovered at the Nine Times Preserve in northern Pickens County, and last year it was named after a distinguished South Carolina botanist.
The only known population of Shealy’s saxifrage (scientific name Micranthes petiolaris var. shealyi) exists at Nine Times Preserve, a property of The Nature Conservancy near Sunset.
The plant was named by Clemson University botanists
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Planners nix Azalea Fest
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Festival lovers will have to wait another year before they can again enjoy Pickens
County’s largest festival.
Pickens Azalea Festival Committee chairman Russ Gantt told Pickens City Council on Monday that the event, originally planned for mid-April, will be canceled for the second year in a row.
“He informed council due to the lack of time required to effectively plan for this year’s festival, that the committee
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