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Roadways, rivers benefit from record spring cleanups

Laurens County, South Carolina – With more than 200 volunteers participating, April’s various cleanup events throughout the county appears to have brought in the highest amount of trash ever collected from Laurens County roadways within a single month. While the year-old  Keep Laurens County Beautiful affiliate has encouraged volunteer cleanup events several times a year,…

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OB physician shortage pauses labor and deliveries at Prisma Health Laurens

Laurens County, South Carolina – Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital will temporarily shift labor and deliveries to Prisma Health’s Patewood Hospital beginning Monday, May 8. The pause is because of a short-term shortage of OB/GYN physicians at Laurens County Hospital. During this temporary pause in services, Prisma Health will transition patient deliveries from Prisma Health…

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More District 55 trustees resign, election date set

Laurens County, South Carolina – While each had a different reason, District 55 trustees Todd Varner and Neal Patterson both submitted letters of resignation late afternoon prior to Monday evening’s special called meeting of the Laurens District 55 Board of Trustees. Both were in their first terms and Patterson had been serving as vice chair.…

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Volunteers urged to ‘Team Up to Clean Up’ to celebrate Earth Day

Laurens County, South Carolina – Three weeks into April’s “Upstate Team-Up to Clean-Up” anti-litter challenge, Laurens County has already had many bags of trash cleared from its roadways with many more events remaining for volunteers to join in or launch a cleanup of their own. “Last week the American Legion Post 25 picked up 50…

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Filing closes May 8 for District 55 trustee seat

UPDATE May 4, 2023: With the resignation May 1 of additional board members, (see current Breaking News) the election was changed to Aug. 1 for all three board members. Filing for Rawl’s position still ends at noon, Monday, May 8. Laurens County, South Carolina – With the resignation last week of a member of the District 55 Board…

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Volunteers contribute to cleaner waterways, roadways

A morning of cleaning county roadways and the Laurens County side of Lake Greenwood on Saturday paid off big with well over 4,000 pounds of trash collected, and that’s only from a segment of the lake area, said Courtney Stonell, executive director of Keep Laurens County Beautiful. With several cleanup campaigns scattered throughout the county,…

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Chamber program to give small businesses a boost

Applications are due the end of this week for a program which could provide a significant boost for 25 small businesses in Laurens County. Small Laurens County businesses with under 10 employees have until 5 p.m. this Friday, March 10, to enroll in a free program by The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce. Limited to…

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