Author: Dick Mangrum

Twenty-seven students of an annual boys camp are entering their final two days of fun and instructive activities, as arranged by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office and the Oconee School District.  This is the sixth annual such camp and today and tomorrow the kids can look forward to zip lining in Long Creek, wiffle ball, team  building skills–all of which are […]

As restrictions are reduced by reopenings and South Carolinians return to their workplaces and participate in recreational activities that might involve crowds, DHEC continues to urge everyone to be vigilant in practicing social distancing and wearing masks to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. This reminder comes amid public health experts’ concerns over the recent rise in COVID-19 data trends […]

As Election Day approaches, the S.C. Election Commission wants voters to be aware of their options for voting in- the June 9th Statewide Primaries. If you have a mail-in absentee ballot: Return your ballot now.  For your ballot to count, it must be received by the voter registration office no later than 7:00 p.m. on June 9. Instead of mailing […]

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 […]