Author: Dick Mangrum

These days Clemson sees just about everything, and tomorrow there is a going to be a parade thru the city of the famous Budweiser Clydesdales.  The horses are world renowned.  The schedule calls for the Clydesdales to parade thru Clemson at 6 pm to hitch up at Tiger Park and make their way through the downtown starting at the Catherine […]

Many Carolina residents are packing their bags this weekend to take advantage of one last vacation of the summer.  The motor club AAA Carolinas forecasts cheaper gas prices, travel numbers, and top destinations for those who plan to take advantage to get away during the Labor Day weekend.  AAA wants everyone to have fun, but make it a safe fun […]

The Clemson University School of Nursing has received a $2.7 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help increase the nurse practitioner workforce in Oconee County and five other Upstate counties. Over the next four years, the grant will fund education for nurse practitioners who apply for this […]

A contractor in Oconee and Anderson, J-Davis Construction, gets the job for a $2.1 million project at the Oconee Regional Airport near Clemson. According to a notice posted at the county’s administrative complex on Pine Street, J-Davis will be responsible to expand the airport apron and re-locate part of the Mount Nebo Church Road. Airport officials see this work as […]

A Greenville contractor has been awarded the contract this fall to expand the Oconee Memorial emergency department by 13,500 square feet. The announcement was made last night by Hunter Kome, chief operating officer for the campus of Prisma Oconee Memorial. Kome told the hospital Holdings Board that Triangle is no stranger to the local hospital. The company built the existing […]

The board that controls the Oconee Memorial Hospital properties is broaching the subject of annexation to Seneca. 101.7/WGOG NEWS learned last night that the annexation idea was to have been part of discussions last night by the hospital’s Holdings Board in an executive session that followed a regular meeting of the board. It’s believed no action was to have been […]

“SLED” agents have arrested three people in Pickens County in an investigation of a scheme in which methamphetamine was provided to jail inmates. One of the arrested is a former detention center officer, Zachary Keith Blanton. The two others were identified as inmates—Susan Lynn Maready of Easley and Dustin Allen Wilson of Pickens. Twenty-three year old Blanton was charged with […]

The field of candidates has been set for November’s municipal elections in four of Oconee’s five towns and cities.  And last minute qualifiers round out an especially large field of ballot candidates in two of the cities.  The final qualifiers were Danny Duncan for Westminster City Council and Charles Morgan for Walhalla City Council.  In Walhalla, there will be four […]

The specific focus of a hearing tomorrow at the Seneca City Hall will be what the city eventually does with the former Kellett school building and property south of the railroad tracks. The city is conducting a hearing to gather public opinion. “We’re conducting a needs assessment public hearing,” says Scott Moulder, administrator. “This is a procedural requirement for applications […]