Author: Dick Mangrum

A new marina on Lake Keowee is pending action by the federal government. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week announced that Duke Energy proposes to issue a lease for a residential marina to serve Timber Bay Property Owner’s Association. The project size is listed as 1.43 acres and 56 boat slips. The proposal includes about 430 feet of rip […]

The Foothills Group of the Sierra Club is coordinating this Saturday’s trail maintenance project at the Oconee County Chau Ram Park near Westminster.  It’s a free event, open to the public, to recognize National Trails Day.  If you would like to volunteer your physical labor, gather at 9 o’clock Saturday morning and be ready to hit the trails at 9:30.  […]

Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Upstate, Mile Creek Park and boating safety nonprofit Sea Tow Foundation have partnered to open Pickens County’s first life jacket loaner station. The station, which will be located at Mile Creek Park and officially opened on Memorial Day, will hold life jackets that local boaters may borrow and use free of charge. Available in sizes ranging from infant […]

From strictly a retailer to a producer, that is the path Pioneer Rural Water District completed last week with the dedication and public tours of its new $20 million dollar treatment plant off highway 59. But it easily could have never happened. Pioneer leaders overcame some customer opposition as well as a legal challenge mounted by Oconee County and the […]

Disagreements between Democrats and Republicans are at a fever pitch, but South Carolina’s senior senator says there’s one thing they agree on. And that, says Senator Lindsey Graham, is love and support for the nation’s military men and women. Graham keynoted the Oconee County Memorial Day ceremony. The annual ceremony pays tribute to the 210 Oconeeans who died in service […]

Whether by boat or individual swimming, getting into Lake Keowee from the Fall Creek access area is one of the more popular warm weather past times in Oconee County.  Oconee County this holiday weekend is deploying personnel from the sheriff’s office and emergency services to help assure that things run smoothly and safely and that the tight parking situation is […]

Pioneer Rural Water dedicated its new treatment plant in the name of Bobby Stevenson, one of the system’s founders and the father of today’s board chairman, Barry Stevenson. Now all Pioneer needs is a DHEC go ahead to open its pipes to treated water from Lake Hartwell. That aside this was a proud day for customers, district officials, and employees, […]

A drone has been added to the equipment for search and rescue operations, as carried out by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. The county sheriff’s office is believed to be one of only a few such law enforcement agencies in the upstate to acquire drone technology. Sheriff’s officers will use the drone in conjunction with its helicopter and first responder activity, […]