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SDPC announces pay increases for all staff
PICKENS — The School District of Pickens County (SDPC) Board of Trustees approved a $187.2 million balanced operating budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, which includes 
pay increases for all district employees and no increase to the district’s operating millage rate.
The budget was adopted during the board’s third reading on May 27 after nearly a year of planning. District officials emphasized that the spending plan continues to prioritize student
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Clemson rocket team goes ‘all in’ with Pocket Tens
By Paul Alongi
Courtesy Clemson News
news@thepccourier.com
Pocket Tens is 12 feet of fiberglass, carbon fiber and nylon.
It’s a tribute to an iconic Dabo Swinney quote.
It’s the reason Kyle Jones worked 50 hours in one week without being paid a single
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Americana Folk Festival Returns to Hagood Mill
PICKENS – Hagood Mill Historic Site recently announced the return of the annual Americana Folk Festival, set for Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event promises a full day of soul-stirring music, Appalachian tradition and community celebration.
This year’s headliner is The Resonant Rogues, a dynamic band rooted in the mountains of western North Carolina. Fronted by songwriting duo Sparrow and Keith Josiah Smith, The Resonant Rogues blend Appalachian old-time, classic country and vintage
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County Council amends budget ahead of vote
By Evan Smoak
Courtesy The Journal
evan@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Pickens County Council met this week to discuss its fiscal year 2025-26 budget ahead of its final vote next month.
As part of the current proposed operations budget, all county employees — sans council members and the county administrator — will receive a 5 percent raise, a 1 percent step increase as part of the compensation study plan implemented this past fiscal year as well as a 4 percent
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More indicted in drug investigation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
STATE — More defendants have been indicted on charges that include trafficking fentanyl as a result of a multi-year, multi-county state grand Jury investigation known as “Devil in Disguise,” South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced last week.
According to a release from his office, the investigation began as a result of Greenville County’s 278 drug-related overdoses in 2022, “most of which were related
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Pickens County unemployment sees April rise
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a slight increase during 
the latest jobs report released last week.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment in the county went up from 3.6 percent in March to 3.9 percent in April. Pickens County was one of just three counties in the state of South Carolina to see
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Six Mile to hold Memorial Day service on Friday
SIX MILE — The Town of Six Mile, in partnership with Fleet Reserve Branch 15 and the Pickens County Veterans Council, will host its annual Memorial Day service on Friday, 
May 30, in downtown Six Mile.
The community event aims to honor the memory of those who gave their lives in
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Tri-County, Clemson offer dual enrollment
UPSTATE — Tri-County Technical College and Clemson University officials recently 
announced a first-of-its-kind dual enrollment academy that provides qualified high school students a guaranteed path to earn their Clemson degree.
The TCTC Dual Enrollment Academy is targeted to high school students in the Anderson, Oconee and Pickens school
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Troop 51 scouts hike Chattooga Trail
The scouts of Troop 51 recently took a backpacking trip on the Chattooga River and hit the trail near Licklog Falls in Oconee County. Twenty-one scouts and adults made it on the hike. The trip was called the “Bradley Hawkins Memorial Hike” in memory of one of their former scout leaders and Eagle Scouts, who died as a result of a skateboarding accident in November 2021 at the age of 21. When Hawkins was a scout, he showed the troop the trail.
