previous 5 hits Countywide Drug Operation Results In 16 Arrests 7/17/2008 By Jay King HOMETOWN NEWS Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies arrested more than a dozen people early Friday after a four-month undercover investigation drew to its conclusion. Continued... SJWD Grapples With Looming Water Crisis 7/10/2008 By Jay King HOMETOWN NEWS With the State Department of Natural Resources declaring last week that the five principal counties of the Upstate are now in extreme drought conditions, water providers like SJWD are grappling with ways to deal with the looming crisis. Continued... Rare cancer strikes young family 7/3/2008 By Jay King HOMETOWN NEWS For a young Wellford family struggling to make ends meet and raise one son and another child on the way, the dire news that their husband and father has been diagnosed with one of the most rare, virulent and difficult to treat forms of cancer has come with such tumultuous suddenness that they find themselves at a loss as to what to do next or to whom to turn. Continued... Spartanburg area water levels alarmingly low 6/19/2008 By Leon G. Russ HOMETOWN NEWS lruss@hometown-news.com The Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce partnered with Spartanburg Water and Duke Energy to bring a breakfast briefing on “Water Impacts in the Southeast” to the Spartanburg Marriott on Friday, June 6. Continued... Time, Money, and Dedication 6/12/2008 By CHRIS SHIPMAN Hometown News shipman.news@gmail.com Training is the backbone of firefighting. It takes over 200 hours of classes just to become a core firefighter: OSHA, Firefighter 1, Firefighter 2, hazardous materials, flammable liquids, auto extrication, first aid, and CPR. On top of that, firefighters are required to undergo 20 hours of training a year, eight hours of hazardous material training a year, and a controlled burn every quarter. For volunteers, it’s a challenge to find the time. Continued... previous 5 hits