Boil advisory rescinded
Walhalla announces the boil water advisory for customers in the vicinity of Halfway Branch has been lifted.
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Walhalla announces the boil water advisory for customers in the vicinity of Halfway Branch has been lifted.
Read more“Gotta get people to vote” and “It’s going to be crucial.” Those were comments you heard this afternoon before the start of an Oconee County Democratic event in Seneca. And the chit chat was about the importance for Democratic voters to turn out in droves February 3 for what’s called the first in the nation Democratic presidential primary. And from […]
Read moreLast year in a packed Westminster meeting room, Oconee’s Democratic Party chairwoman clashed with the county’s all-Republican state delegation to Columbia. Compared to that, the 2024 delegation meeting with constituents was free of any political barbs. And the crowd last night was small compared to last year’s, as there were empty seats inside the Walhalla Depot. The state lawmakers and […]
Read moreAn Oconee agriculturist, Gwen McPhail, confirmed talk this morning that she will make the race this year for the District Five seat on the county council. It’s the seat held by Glenn Hart. McPhail is part of a farm family along the Pine Grove Road. She’s a former chairman of the Oconee Planning Commission and her daughter, Meghan Ketterman, represents […]
Read moreThrowing money just may be a solution to South Carolina’s shortage of public school teachers. State Rep. Bill Whitmire of Walhalla last night announced that he and the governor agree they will support a $2,500 teacher raise. In the parlance of getting things done, both Whitmire and Governor McMaster hold influential positions. Through time, governors have been effective in cajoling […]
Read moreMayor Tim Hall signed the papers, and the city council directed the city administrator to enter a purchase deal for nine acres on highway 28, Blue Ridge Boulevard to be the location of a city community center. Leading Walhalla to this venture is the growing need faced by the city recreation programs. Administrator Myers expects the facility to house gymnasiums, […]
Read moreA water outage impacts a highway 28 area, the Avondale subdivision, and the vicinity of Poplar Springs Road. Walhalla customers in those areas are advised by the city to boil their water vigorously at least one full minute before drinking or cooking purposes. Updates will be carried on the city website and on social media.
Read moreAn appeal in the Ellenburg Road case shall be decided without a jury of Oconee County residents. Judge McIntosh’s ruling filed yesterday leaves open the likelihood that a circuit judge or, perhaps, the circuit’s master-in-equity will decide whether a road bisecting a Lake Keowee peninsula is a county road. During a motion hearing earlier this week, McIntosh questioned whether laymen, […]
Read moreAn application for a planned development from a limited liability company named CS Acquisition goes to a public hearing next month in Clemson. City Council has set 5 o’clock Monday evening, February 5 at city hall to hear what’s planned for about 5.5 acres near Keowee Trail and Wall Street, a neighborhood inside what’s known as the Uptown District of […]
Read moreAn appeal on behalf of a real estate company of those new impact fees as voted by the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority will be decided by the full board of commissioners. Bob Faires of Seneca made that announcement to 101.7/WGOG NEWS after a committee took up the matter Wednesday with a representative of Forestar Group. The real estate company […]
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