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Medical officials fear decline in service
PICKENS – South Carolina hospitals could see a decline in services and money for new technology if state officials opt out of the Medicaid Expansion. That message comes from people like Pickens’ Cannon Memorial Hospital CEO Norm Rentz. Rentz, a member of the SC Hospital Association Board of Trustees, has been meeting with business, political and healthcare officials, soliciting support for accepting the Medicaid Expansion opportunities and ...
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Highway Patrol annoucnes beefed up patrols
As motorists prepare to celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day holiday, the South Carolina Highway Patrol will join local law enforcement in 19 counties statewide for an enforcement push to prevent highway deaths due to drinking and driving. In the Upstate, Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Spartanburg counties have been identified as areas where DUI is of special concern to law enforcement. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety, which ...
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Kidsfest set Saturday at Hagood Mill
PICKENS — Come join the friends of the Pickens County Museum as “Music in the Mountains 2013” continues with the Hagood Mill’s Sixth Annual KidsFest, this year becoming a “SUPER KIDSFEST” concert and music competition, on Saturday, March 16. Starting at 11:00 and continuing until 6:00 on the outdoor stage, the event’s emcees and hosts, Gregg “Buffalo” Barfield and Steve McGaha - the “Wizards of Odd” - will present a great variety of performan...
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School district not anticipating significant sequester impact
PICKENS COUNTY—Schools in Pickens County likely will not be feeling much of an impact from the Sequester, which aims to cut $82 billion in federal spending. School District of Pickens County officials say some funding will likely be lost, but will only amount to less than one percent of the annual budget, which was nearly $99 million this year. “The SDPC may lose approximately 450,000 (5.9% of our federal funds),” Pew said. “The managers ...
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