Author: Dick Mangrum

To help holiday travelers, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) prohibits lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work during the Fourth of July holiday travel period. The restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3, through 10 p.m. Friday, July 5. With continued progress due to the plan to rebuild South Carolina’s roads, […]

Fireworks can be seen and heard in Walhalla on July 4 eve.  The city’s official Independence Day celebration will take place Wednesday, July 3 at the soccer field, one block from Main Street.  Gates for the free event open at 6 o’clock.  Bouncy games, food vendors, and music from the 246 Military Band will highlight the evening.  Everyone is invited […]

A Westminster group claims that its event this week will feature the best fireworks display.  The Second Annual Celebration of Freedom, hosted by the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 107, takes place at 6 o’clock Friday evening at Owens Stadium behind West-Oak Middle School.  Games and free food will be 6 to 9 pm.  At 9:15 a patriotic ceremony […]

Tri-County Technical College will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.  Thru the holiday weekend, all college campuses and buildings will be closed to employees, students and the public.  Tech will resume normal operations Monday, July 8.

Walhalla garbage pick ups are on regular schedule this week, with one exception.  And that’s Thursday–the 4th of July.  Walhalla customers who would normally be scheduled on Thursday should instead prepare for their pick up this week to be on Friday–the 5th of July.  That’s means roll carts should be out by 7 o’clock Friday morning.

Last night’s storms left many Oconeeans today with the tasks of clearing away fallen trees and scattered tree limbs.  At Walhalla’s Hickory Hollow Farm, the problem is more serious.  Lightning hit the cable that weather observer Barbara Wilson uses to gauge the city’s official high and low temperatures for 24-hour periods.  She’s still able to record rain measurements, but official […]

The outdoor warning sirens around the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested at 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station will sound for three minutes. This test is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee and Pickens counties, who are responsible for sounding the sirens. Because this is […]

You can count on it. Lakes such as Keowee and Hartwell will be packed the July 4 week. All campsites at Oconee’s three county parks have been reserved, and the PRT’s Phil Shirley says visitors are arriving as early as today. Fifteen years at the head of South Cove, High Falls, and Chau Ram parks has taught Shirley that there […]

Traffic lights are mal-functioning this morning at an Oconee County intersection.  Motorists should exercise caution in proceeding through SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard and Sheep Farm Road.  One driver tells us the lights are flashing in front of 28 motorists, but not working at all for those approaching from Sheep Farm Road.