Author: Dick Mangrum

“That must have been some strong wind that blew thru there.” That’s what the spokesman for Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative says about the cause for yesterday’s early morning outage that affected Salem and one and a half hours of programming on 101.7/WGOG. Blue Ridge’s Terry Ballenger says it was a straight line wind that blew thru the Salem area and […]

Horton, Oconee County’s newest manufacturing facility, is set to open in May at the Industry and Technology Park in Westminster. While construction of the 100,000-square-foot-building is underway, its first two hires, Kellie Boone and Alicia Kelley, Tri-County Technical College grads, are setting up shop at the Oconee Campus, working through resumes, developing plant policies and procedures, writing a manual for […]

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority has issued a repeal of the water quality advisories for Seneca Creek, Coneross Creek, and Duck Pond Reservoir in Oconee County. The notices were issued as a precaution due to sewer overflows caused by a 25-to-50-year storm event that impacted the county Thursday, February 6, which led to an inflow of stormwater and floodwater […]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces the availability of $2.7 billion for State Revolving Funds, including $30,704,000 for South Carolina. The funding assists states, tribes and territories with infrastructure projects that help protect surface water and provide safe drinking water to communities across the country. “EPA’s decades-long commitment to water infrastructure has helped provide $180 billion in project financing to over […]

The Oconee County sheriff plans to run for a third term in this year’s elections. Mike Crenshaw also has his sights on the 2024 election. He says as long as his health and that of his family is good, he plans to offer. After 32 years, Crenshaw says he still loves the profession of law enforcement. The official period for […]

The owner of the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank, has been re-united with his small jet airplane, and the spot on the grounds of the Oconee Airport has been cleared of a large tent under which the Gulfstream G4 was repaired. In November Blank flew into the local airport for a Clemson game, but as the small jet taxied in, its […]

Oconee Democrats are now doing business at 110 S. College Street, Walhalla, and they invite the public to stop in next weekend for the grand opening of their new office. That event will be 1 to 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 22 and will feature, among others, representatives of Democratic Presidential candidates, as well as the new Walhalla city councilwoman, […]

Oconee County Council will be asked next week to give the county administrator the authority to accept a new FAA grant to cover phase three of work at the county airport near Clemson. The federal grant for expanding the airport terminal apron amounts to $1.3 million. Five percent supplements to the grant are required of the county and the state. […]

Jeff Garrison, director of the Oconee Regional Airport, has left for Myrtle Beach and a meeting of the South Carolina Aviation Association.  For his mode of transportation, the airport director chose automobile.

Senator Lindsey Graham leads a bi-partisan congressional delegation this weekend to a security conference in Munich, Germany.  It’s a forum for international security policy and what’s considered a marketplace for ideas, initiatives, and solutions.  Among those in the U-S delegation is Graham’s fellow South Carolina Republican, Rep. Jeff Duncan of the 3rd District.