About 2,000 employees from the Savannah River Site are going to be seeing a reduction in work hours starting next month and local businesses in the City of Aiken might potentially be feeling the pressure, too.
Spending cuts in Washington are just one day away, which could have a big impact here in Augusta. The military will take the biggest hit from these cuts with $46 billion being cut from the Pentagon's budget.
A Barnwell County ambulance service will have to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars. The feds are accusing the Williston Rescue Squad of Medicare fraud. But one county councilman fears how this will affect the 40,000 people who depend on this ambulance service.
A public hearing about a plan to bring a stadium to North Augusta drew dozens. The concern is how the proposed $150-million public-private project will be funded. The project will be financed by North Augusta, Aiken County and school district taxpayers, too.
Operation will be moved to its former Sand Bar Ferry Road building in Augusta near Bobby Jones Expressway. The investment for the facility is expected to be over $6 million.
Gov. Nikki Haley and officials from Recleim have announced that the recycler company will establish its first recycling plant in Aiken County, bringing with it 200 new jobs.
Filling our tanks is emptying our wallets. Prices at the pump have risen for 32 days straight, and unfortunately it doesn't look like we'll be getting a break anytime soon.
Could Aiken County voters be asked to pay a more for schools again? Three years ago, a multi-million dollar bond referendum was defeated in a landslide, but the idea for a new one has come up again.
A recent study by TransUnion ranks Augusta as the sixth worst in the nation when it comes to credit scores. Local experts worry this is only going to confuse people even more.
North Augusta leaders unveiled the project in December. They've heard a lot of praise and anger, too. There are plenty of concerns about traffic and noise. But what's also creating concern is how they're going to pay for it all.
You go to school for nearly 20 years, all with the hopes that when you graduate, you'll get a job. But with our area's unemployment rate up to 9.8 percent, that's not so easy.
Apple Inc.'s stock has been falling since an earnings report on Wednesday. It fell another 1.8 percent on Friday to $442.60 for a market capitalization of $415.6 billion.
A gloomy day on the unemployment front. New numbers show the unemployment rate in metro Augusta is up five-tenths of a point to nine percent. Augusta's not the only one suffering, however. In Jefferson county, the news gets worse.
Michelin is expanding its presence in South Carolina with a project officials say will create 100 new jobs. Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday that the tire maker is spending $200 million to expand its rubber production plant in Anderson County.
The home improvement retailer Lowe's plans to hire 54,000 part-time workers this spring, and company officials say they expect 9,000 of the jobs to become permanent positions.
News 12 has learned a plant in Jefferson County is closing. The Glit Microtron plant in Wrens will be closing in 60 days, causing 120 people to be out of work.
Close to 80 people will be out of a job next month. International Paper's Augusta Mill announced Tuesday, plans for a permanent shutdown of one it's printers that makes paperboard.
The Enova Wood Pellet Group will begin construction soon on a plant off Highway 80 in Warrenton. Sixty-five full-time jobs will need to be filled after the plant is completed.
