Author: Dick Mangrum

A controlled burn is underway at Devils Fork State Park in Oconee County. Certain portions of the park, such as trails, may be closed as crews conduct the burn. The primary objectives, according to the South Carolina PRT, are to reduce fuel loads, which help prevent catastrophic wildfire like the Pinnacle Mountain Wildfire in 2016, and to improve wildlife habitat. […]

Eleven years in prison. That’s the fate of a Walhalla man today who stood before the judge and heard his sentences for safecracking and grand larceny. The man sentenced, Joshua Richard Dills, is 38 year old. According to a court officer, Dills and a co-defendant on March 14 last year broke into a safe in a building in the Fairfield […]

Scott Moulder, the Seneca city administrator, handed out copies of his city’s pre-budget analysis that contains projections likely to wind up in the next city budgets which are due on July 1. The occasion today was a strategic planning retreat, part of which was to feature a presentation covering goal setting. New budget projections square general government expenses and revenues […]

West Union has announced a special town council meeting.  At 5:30 pm tomorrow the council will meet at town hall with Mary McCormack to consider whether she will be the next town attorney.

The commissioners for Tri-County Technical College are packing their bags for a weekend workshop in Charleston, and their agenda indicates they’ll be staying in style.  The commissioners will lodge at the Hotel Bella Grace, a boutique hotel that advertises nearly 200 years of history and architecture.  Strategic plan update and goals are among the business matters that the commissioners are […]

At its meeting next week, Oconee County Council will receive the 2018-19 audit from Grant H. Davis of the firm Mauldin & Jenkins. In the council meeting at 6 Tuesday night at Pine Street, a public hearing takes place on the financial assistance that the county proposes for “Project Aztec” which is said to be a project to transform the […]

A non-partisan voter protection coalition, Election Protection, will man a hotline for any voter who has questions or is experiencing problems at the polls on Saturday in South Carolina.  The organization says volunteers “will be on the ground” across the state to offer help, if needed.  Because not all polling places will be open Saturday, voters should check the hotline […]

The Clemson Palmetto Poll predicts Joe Biden will win the South Carolina Democratic primary with 35% of the vote and Tom Steyer will come in second with 17%.  The poll results were announced in the Social Media Listening Center at Clemson University.  The poll is a statewide public opinion survey aiming to understand attitudes, behaviors and characteristics of South Carolina […]

A zoning appeal involving 400 Loran Pointe Circle, Seneca will be heard at 6 tonight at City Hall. Before the city’s appeals board is an application from Bryant Puntch pertaining to property owned by Keowee Pointe Development LLC.