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Local / MetroWinter weather made an early debut in the Midlands with the temperature sinking to 22 degrees early Wednesday.
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Hundreds of young trout — raised at the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery in Oconee County — make a splashing entry Wednesday into their new home: the Saluda River near Columbia. A special lift bucket, hoisted by helicopter, allows staffers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources place the brown and rainbow trout strategically and avoid crowding them into any particular location. Thousands of the fish from the Upstate were placed in the river. Anglers are urged to follow a catch-and-release...
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