Author: Dick Mangrum

A young Oconee woman, Cody Hunter, has been elected as a delegate to this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Hunter is a PhD student at Clemson University and she will go into the national convention as a committed delegate to Bernie Sanders.  However, Joe Biden is seen as his party’s presumptive nominee for president. State Democrats affirmed the […]

A spokeswoman for Duke Energy says a naturally-occurring reaction in the concrete of the Keowee spillway is causing the concrete to swell or to move, as she put it, “just slightly.”  That is enough for Duke and “FERC”–the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission–to agree there should be annual full–open tests of the gates.  Duke’s Mikayla Kreuzberger says tests on two of […]

The executive committee of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority gathers tomorrow for discussion on the possibility of a federal grant that would address sewer needs in the Martin Creek basin near Seneca.  According to JRSA officials, there’s money available through the U-S Economic Development Administration under the “CARES” Act.  But the problem, according to the sewer authority’s Scott Parris, […]

A trail hiker apparently took sick and is the object of a rescue mission today in northern Oconee County.  Rescuers were sent to the vicinity of Duke Energy’s Bad Creek hydro project.  Scott Krein, the head of Oconee Emergency Services, says the hiker has been located and medics this afternoon were on their way to the hiker’s aid.

Daniel Fletcher is leaving the employ of both the cities of Walhalla and Westminster.  It’s a resignation and leaves the two cities in the need of someone to do the job of zoning and code administration.  Walhalla and Westminster shared the costs of the jobs and Fletcher’s expertise.  The job is often thankless and difficult, but the mayors of both […]

June 1, 2020 Dear City of Clemson Residents, We find ourselves in uncertain and troubling times. The events that have occurred over the last few months may have left some of us experiencing emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, anxiety, confusion, exhaustion, hopelessness, frustration, and disbelief, to name a few. In order to maintain your mental and physical health, it […]

Seneca officials are expecting at least two more rallies of protesters–one this afternoon and on Sunday evening.  They are hopeful that, like Monday’s, these protests will be peaceful.  City leaders were glad Monday’s event went well and concentrated on the senseless loss of George Floyd’s life, as well as the need for the police everywhere to make greater efforts to […]

Authorities appear to have little information about a driver who left the scene of a fatal accident late last night in Anderson County.  The accident around 10:45 took the life of a pedestrian on U-S 76 at the Phil Watson Road.  According to the highway patrol, the type of suspect vehicle is unknown, but there could be damage to the […]