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Avery Wilks

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Gamecock. Two-time S.C. Journalist of the Year now doing comms for S.C.'s electric co-ops. Past lives: @postandcourier, @thestate, @UofSC Honors College

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A day at the Aiken animal shelter

A day at the Aiken animal shelter

Bobby Arthurs bent down on one knee and stretched out a hand to a tiny, black puppy that hadn't stopped screa…

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How SC electric co-op rate for data centers protects smaller members

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By Avery Wilks, Sarah Ellis Owen Verified
| South Carolina Living Magazine Verified
Families and businesses served by South Carolina’s electric cooperatives can rest assured that data centers will pay their own way for energy thanks to a recently formalized rate structure. For years now, the state’s 19 co-ops have included terms in individual contracts to make sure data centers cover the full costs of any electric infrastructure and power plants needed to serve them.
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Gov. McMaster's legacy of public service earns co-ops' highest honor

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By Avery Wilks
| South Carolina Living Magazine Verified
Many teenagers want to be rock stars, professional athletes or celebrities when they grow up. Henry McMaster had other plans. As early as high school, the Columbia native had his sights set on becoming governor. By college, he began planning to seek the job one day. Growing up in the shadow of the South Carolina Statehouse, McMaster was never far from politics. His father, a revered attorney, served in the state House of Representatives, and the family ran in social circles full of public servants.
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Jim Clyburn earns SC co-ops’ highest honor for service to rural South Carolina

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By Avery Wilks
| South Carolina Living Magazine Verified
One of Jim Clyburn’s earliest lessons in politics came at church. As a teenager, the future congressman watched his father, a minister, face a challenger to his reelection as president of the church’s board of elders. The room was split, and a tie vote sparked confusion. When Clyburn’s father rose to remind the elders that he held the tiebreaking vote as president, the matter seemed settled. Then the elder Clyburn did something no one expected: He cast the deciding vote for his opponent.
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