Self Regional Healthcare’s Heart and Vascular Center earns three stars in Vascular Quality Initiative Registry Participation Award Program
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has awarded Self Regional’s Heart and Vascular Center three stars for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program. The mission of the SVS VQI is to improve patient safety and the quality of vascular care delivery by providing web-based collection, aggregation and analysis of […]
Home At Last
By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. After a Danube River tourist cruise, a fall and breaking my hip, hip replacement surgery in (of all […]
The Debates, Part II
By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Wouldn’t it be very helpful if the presidential candidates stayed on task in personal honesty about what they […]
Aiken Electric Cooperative and CarolinaConnect expands services, launches mobile phone services
Aiken Electric Cooperative, in collaboration with CarolinaConnect, is proud to announce its continued efforts to provide quality services desired by its members, now including mobile phone services. This new service aims to bridge the digital divide in South Carolina, ensuring that every community, especially those in rural areas, has access to reliable internet and affordable […]
STROM THURMOND HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2024 VALEDICTORIAN, DREW SLOAN, HEADED FOR THE IVY LEAGUE AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL
Johnston, SC – Drew Sloan always felt the hard work throughout his four years of high school and the support of his family would take him wherever his journey after high school might go. But from the peach fields of Edgefield County, South Carolina, all the way to the Ivy League?The answer to that question […]
Early Voting for Two June 11 Primaries
Starts Today, May 28, and Ends June 7 Early voting for the two Primaries begins today, May 28, through Friday, June 7. Citizens may cast an early vote in Edgefield County at the Voter Registration and Elections Office which will be open at regular hours (803-637-4072) at 210 Penn St., Edgefield. A reminder may be helpful to […]
The Debates, Part I
By Blaney Pridgen All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. Do we really need to put those two old men through that? What an ordeal! Those of us […]
A Central European Adventure
By Robert Scott All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The Advertiser. My last column was two weeks ago, when I was starting on a wonderful cruise from Romania up […]
Edgefield County Honors Fallen Heroes at Annual Memorial Day Ceremony
Chaplain Major William Beaver (under canopy) was guest speaker. Photo by Winston Boddie While Memorial Day weekend unofficially marks the start of summer, a time for backyard barbecues and family gatherings, we must never lose sight of the profound significance behind this day. Memorial Day is, in essence, the most expensive holiday we celebrate as a […]