Author: Dick Mangrum

Scott Moulder, the Seneca city administrator, says he has had “positive discussions” with the company that operates a small hydro-electric power plant near the city limits toward a continuing relationship between the two parties. As the only retail customer of the Coneross Power Corporation, Seneca buys a small amount of electricity which it re-sells to the grid as a way […]

A new development of 20 to 23 single family homes is proposed along Walhalla’s Tyre B. Mauldin Street. The project, if approved, would fall between the blocks of S. Poplar and S. Chestnut streets and take in four currently undeveloped lots on 2.5 acres. The city planning commission has announced a hearing next month to consider the property owner’s request […]

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its preliminary investigation report of the small plane crash this month killed two men from Oconee—Raymond Dodd and Dr. Stanley Rampey—at Orlando, Florida: “On June 12, 2019, about 1100 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182E, N3051Y, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Maitland, Florida. The private pilot and passenger were fatally […]

Tuesday, August 6 is now the SC DOT’s new date to re-open a closed part of US 123 between Westminster and Georgia.  Delays in re-locating utilities and the blowout of the roadside are being blamed for pushing back the finish of an emergency project to restore the collapsed roadside and put an end to an alternate route for drivers to […]

South Carolinians can help protect water quality in the state by participating in an upcoming survey from Clemson University Cooperative Extension. Carolina Clear, Extension’s stormwater education program, is preparing to launch a telephone survey to gauge knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of South Carolina residents related to its water resources. Each survey should take no more than 15 minutes and Extension […]

U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s 2019 Military Academy Nomination Application is now open. The Office of Sen. Scott will be accepting applications through Friday, October 18th, 2019 at 5:00 PM. Candidates interested in attending one of the four service academies – U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, or U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – may submit applications and […]

Scott Moulder, the Seneca city administrator, says he has had “positive discussions” with the company that operates a small hydro-electric power plant near the city limits toward a continuing relationship between the two parties. As the only retail customer of the Coneross Power Corporation, Seneca buys a small amount of electricity which it re-sells to the grid as a way […]

Seneca seeks help today in eventually deciding the future for a large piece of piece of property south of the railroad tracks. Scott Moulder, city administrator, will lead Arlene Young of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments on a tour of the Kellett building and property. Young is a grants writer for the government service agency based at Greenville. […]

The summer time tradition of square dancing every Friday night at the Oconee State Park is alive and well.  Savana Kelley, assistant park ranger, invites the public for square dancing 7 to 9 o’clock on Friday nights until Labor Day.  Dances take place in the Old Barn across from the park office.  Admission for adults is two dollars and children […]