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Dede Biles

Aiken

Reporter for the Aiken Standard, avid reader and fossil hunter.

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  • Tornado aftermath: 'Prayers are the biggest thing we need,' Langley fire chief says

    1 day ago | postandcourier.com | Dede Biles

    LANGLEY — Before dawn May 12, when a tornado roared through this unincorporated community in southeastern Aiken County and areas nearby, the loud noise it made woke up Fire Chief Darryl Ryals. He was sleeping in the Langley Fire Department’s headquarters on Augusta Road, which also is known as S.C. 421. “I had never heard anything like it,” said Ryals during a telephone interview May 13. “It sounded like a freight train coming through.

  • Aiken Electric Cooperative CEO discusses Helene's 'unprecedented' impact by the numbers. What was the cost?

    2 days ago | postandcourier.com | Dede Biles

    Aiken Electric Cooperative’s CEO, who has described the damage caused by Helene as unprecedented, provided some statistics about the impact to the Rotary Club of Aiken on May 12 at Newberry Hall. The havoc wreaked was far greater than the destruction caused by Winter Storm Pax, which covered the area with ice in 2014, according to Gary Stooksbury. Helene made landfall last September in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.

  • Aiken Electric Cooperative CEO discusses Helene's 'unprecedented' impact by the numbers.

    2 days ago | aikenstandard.com | Dede Biles

    Aiken Electric Cooperative’s CEO, who has described the damage caused by Helene as unprecedented, provided some statistics about the impact to the Rotary Club of Aiken on May 12 at Newberry Hall. The havoc wreaked was far greater than the destruction caused by Winter Storm Pax, which covered the area with ice in 2014, according to Gary Stooksbury. Helene made landfall last September in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.

  • Early morning tornado strikes Langley area. Here's what we know.

    3 days ago | postandcourier.com | Dede Biles

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  • Requests made for Sunday alcohol sales in Aiken County's unincorporated areas. How did County Council respond?

    3 days ago | postandcourier.com | Dede Biles

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Deirdre B. Biles @DBethBiles
9 May 25

RT @aikenstandard: New restaurant on Aiken's Southside offers Asian and Mexican cuisine https://t.co/UTM9yuHJ96

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7 May 25

RT @aikenstandard: Aiken County has released 2025-2026 budget. Here's what we know. https://t.co/Eb1PXNr8kE

Deirdre B. Biles
Deirdre B. Biles @DBethBiles
6 May 25

RT @aikenstandard: Valdez twins among Rotary Club of Aiken Scholarship winners, heading to Georgia Tech together https://t.co/rpwOtAS2RX