Municipal elections set for Tuesday
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Election Day is right around the corner, with voters set to return More »
SCDOT closes more bridges in Pickens County
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The South Carolina Department of Transportation last week closed two more bridges More »
County leaders eye CATbus expansion
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Members of the Pickens United group discussed the possibility of seeing More »
Soapstone Preservation Endowment reaches goal
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — An effort to build a $1 million endowment to protect and promote More »
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County fire departments recognized
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A number of Pickens County fire departments are among the 151 fire departments in the state recently recognized for working to reduce fires and fire-related injuries in their communities.
In a release, Fire Safe South Carolina and its partners congratulated the departments for earning
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Pearman shines at Clemson spring game
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Coming off two of the most successful seasons in school history, the Pickens girls’ 
basketball team will have a new face leading the program.
Samuel Smith, a 2005 graduate of Pickens High School, was
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PC Habitat for Humanity seeks partnerships
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The Pickens County Habitat for Humanity affiliate is looking at more ways to put
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Stewart named new EHS volleyball coach
EASLEY — After missing the playoffs the last three seasons, Easley High School has found a new coach with a championship pedigree to lead the Green Wave volleyball program.
The school announced Mrs. Joy Stewart as the new head girls’ volleyball coach on Tuesday. Stewart is the former head coach at both Daniel High School and Liberty High School.
“EHS is very excited to recruit such a valuable
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Takeaways don’t always go according to plan
In 1920, the taverns ran dry. The 18th Amendment, also called the Volstead Act, was passed by the U.S. Congress, and the amendment was ratified by three-quarters of the nation’s states, despite a 
veto from President Woodrow Wilson (bless his heart). It was never illegal to “consume” alcohol
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Control your thoughts, or they will control you
We all know the feeling of having something on our minds that we have a difficult time letting go of. Similar to an image or a catchy song that gets stuck in our head, commonly called an earworm, 
negative thoughts can be very difficult to remove and the more we replay them the more familiar they
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Courier Letters to the Editor 4-10-24
Doing the impossible
Dear Editor,
There are some things in this world that are impossibilities. Here are just a few.
Dribble a football, whistle with your mouth full of cornbread. Find the beginning or ending of a circle. For that matter, find the end of a rainbow. Stop a cold cough from happening. Sneeze with your eyes open — well, maybe possible, but very difficult.
Remember what you ate for your evening meal several weeks ago, although you can remember
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VA by the numbers
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been going all out to provide expanded access to care to veterans. They’re calling it Access Sprints, and it means they’re scheduling more appointments at 
night and on weekends, as well as scheduling more veterans into their daily schedule.
The effort seems to be showing progress. Just this year
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What seniors worry about
It’s very helpful to have friends and acquaintances scattered across the country when I need to do another informal poll. This time my questions to them concerned what seniors worry about.
I got them started with a list of suggestions on a page, to be ranked in order, with a blank place under each one for comments, and space below for
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