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Approximately 6,000 appeals were filed in 2011 with the Assessor's Office, and the chief complaint appears to be that many people don't believe the fair market value of their property increased in a down market. Sixty thousand properties out of the roughly 100,000 assessed increased in fair market value.
Following two deaths of local law enforcement officers in Aiken County, Aiken Standard began a series of columns and community articles to answer, "What can we do to make our community better?"
The Laurens Street Bridge collapsed a few inches after heavy rainfalls. The South Carolina Department of Transportation officially approved the use of Federal Emergency Relief funding to help cover the costs of the Laurens Street Bridge repairs.
The Hopelands Gardens Summer Concert Series is a series of concerts on Monday evenings during the summertime and is a free event to the public offered by Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
Yucca Mountain was planned to be used as a repository storage facility for nuclear waste, until the project was opposed in 2010 and funding canceled in early 2011.
The general election for Aiken County Council's District 6 seat will be held on Tuesday, although voter turnout is expected to be light with only one candidate on the ballot.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with “passion and dedication” to broaden equality and prosperity at home, nurture democracy around the world and combat global...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama was sworn in for four more years Sunday in a simple ceremony at the White House, embarking on a second-term quest to restore a still-shaky economy and combat terrorists overseas while swearing an...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Final campaign finance tallies trickled out Thursday for a presidential race expected to be the most expensive in modern U.S. political history, showing last-minute contributions worth $33 million to political action committees backing...
COLUMBIA — Republican Rep. Nathan Ballentine is the first member of the Richland County legislative delegation to call for the firing of the county’s election director.
A protest filed earlier this week with the S.C. Election Commission against District 25 Sen. Shane Massey, alleging the lawmaker did not file current financial paperwork, has been dismissed.
“Not Wilson” for U.S. Congressional Second District. “Anybody else” for S.C. House District 81. Cold Creek Nurseries for Aiken County Treasurer. “Them” for School Board District 8.
COLUMBIA — A Republican who lost a bid to unseat a Richland County councilman called for a new election, accusing county elections officials of intentionally not putting out enough voting machines on Election Day.
Long wait times reported during last Tuesday's general election was just one of the concerns the Aiken County Legislative Delegation addressed at its meeting Monday.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s high court on Friday put a stop to a recount of votes in Richland County, granting a request from state Republicans who argued that a GOP candidate fairly won a disputed legislative race.
