Bamberg, South Carolina (June 2017) – In May, the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Bureau of Environmental Health Services awarded Bamberg County a grant for $14,644. The Mosquito Control Grant provides funds to purchase additional insecticides and improved spraying equipment. The grant also funds training in effective mosquito control procedures. Prepared by Bill Johnson, Bamberg...
County Administrator, Joey Preston, and County Controller, Gina Smith, presented County Council members with the Bamberg County budget proposal for FY 2018 in Council Chambers on June 12, 2017. The meeting was open to the public. Click here to view the presentation: FY 2018 Budget Presentation
Bamberg, South Carolina (April 2017) – In April, Bamberg County Public Information Officer and Keep Bamberg County Beautiful Coordinator Mallory Biering resigned from the County to accept the position as Director of Keep South Carolina Beautiful and Community Outreach Program Manager for PalmettoPride. During her time with Bamberg County, Biering helped to create KBCB and helped gain more than 1...
Bamberg, South Carolina (April 2017) – In April, the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling awarded Bamberg County four environmental grants totaling $330,400. Given annually, the Used Oil Grant, Waste Tire Grant, Solid Waste (General Recycling) Grant, and Solid Waste (Increased Collection) Grant provide funding to counties for proper waste...
Bamberg, South Carolina (March 2017) – Bamberg County recently received preliminary data from the Statewide Aviation System Plan & Economic Impact Study, which included information on incoming and outgoing air traffic at the County’s Airport. While most of the information from the study will not be available until the report’s completion in February 2018, SC Aeronautics (SCA) could share Bamberg...
Bamberg, South Carolina (March 2017) – Keep South Carolina Beautiful presented Keep Bamberg County Beautiful and one of its Volunteer Board Members with awards for excellence in their field Monday, March 13, 2017, at the Bamberg County Council meeting. Sherryl Jenkins, Director for Keep South Carolina Beautiful and Grant Coordinator for PalmettoPride, first presented the awards at the KSCB and SC...
Bamberg, South Carolina (January 2017) – Keep America Beautiful presented Keep Bamberg County Beautiful with its President’s Circle Award recognition at the recent Keep America Beautiful National Conference, which took place in Washington, D.C. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance by certified affiliates of the national nonprofit in creating clean, green and beautiful...
Below are a list of continuous updates from the Bamberg County Emergency Services Department. Updates can be seen here, on the alert box at www.bambergcounty.sc.gov, Facebook, Twitter, The Times & Democrat, The Advertizer-Herald, as well as, News 12/NBC 26 – WRDW. Update 12:32pm, 01/22/17 - This comes from Bamberg County Emergency Services and The National Weather Service. Bamberg County First...