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Four seats on the city council are available in tomorrow’s municipal election in Seneca. Voting takes place from 7 am to 7 pm tomorrow at the Shaver Recreation Complex. Seneca voters in precincts 1-4 will have a choice among six candidates. They are challengers Robert Holbrooks and W-C Honeycutt Jr. and incumbents Scott Durham, Stuart Pohl, Denise Rozman, and Joel […]
Read moreRain both Saturday and Sunday have bolstered the running count of precipitation so far in the month of March. Walhalla weather watcher Barbara Wilson reported .55” yesterday and .37” on Saturday, bringing to near four inches so far this month. The official Walhalla High temperature yesterday was 51 degrees and the 24-period low came in at 30 degrees.
Read moreA non-profit group is at work in Oconee County to ensure that transportation is not an obstacle to those trying to find work. It is estimated that as many as 150 job seekers in Oconee County need reliable, affordable transportation. This is the mission statement of the Ride to Work Ministry: “provide temporary affordable transportation to residents of Oconee County […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Brian Scott Barker, 57, of 1100 S. Andover Drive, Walhalla, passed away, Friday, March 9, 2018, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM, Monday, March 12, 2018, […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — R. B. Gibson, 95, husband of Marie LeCroy Gibson, of 1955 Westminster Hwy, Walhalla, passed away, Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P. M. on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Oconee Memorial Park. The family will […]
Read moreThe PSAT—the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test—was administered last October at the Walhalla Middle School. Eighth graders who scored 530 or higher in Mathematics or 550 or higher in Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing portions earned the honor of South Carolina Junior Scholar. And Walhalla Middle School has 32 of them.
Read moreThe occupant of a Walhalla mobile home safely evacuated this morning as public safety personnel responded to Thompson Avenue. According to fire chief Brandon Burton, the call came shortly before 4 am. Fire fighters encountered smoke and made entry to the mobile home where they extinguished some items being used for heating. Burton says this fire is a reminder to […]
Read moreThe Seneca police are announcing meth charges against three men. The home of one of those men has been identified by the police as the location where members of narcotics squad have made undercover buys during the last several weeks. That home location is 307 Circle Drive. According to the police, Circle Drive resident Douglas John Olin Edmond, 43 years […]
Read moreOconee County and its volunteers will get picky about litter on South Carolina 11 from the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative interchange north to Walhalla. The 2nd Annual Great Oconee Clean Up announces this year’s clean up will take place 8:30 am to noon on Saturday, April 21. Volunteers are being recruited to fill bags of trash that morning. You can […]
Read moreA loan to allow Oconee to build its next speculative industrial building is to be made final this month. Richard Blackwell of the Oconee Economic Alliance announced the real estate closing and the finalization of the state loan is set for 10 o’clock Tuesday, March 20. Oconee applied to Santee Cooper, the South Carolina Public Service Authority, for the loan. […]
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