A year later, the regional Greenway

Clemson’s elected leaders are primed to act next week on phase one of a regional greenway.  The Pickens County municipality received interest from at least five contractors.  The idea to connect the trail west into Oconee County a year ago was met with division on the part of Oconee’s (then) five-member county council.  In a vote of 3-2 on February […]

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Magistrates to discuss Housing Court possibility

The state’s chief justice has opened the way for a Charleston housing court pilot project to all 46 South Carolina counties, and Oconee’s magistrates will consider the possibility.  An order by Chief Justice Donald Beatty noted that the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission recognized the Charleston program for securing additional funds through the Eviction Protection Grant Program of Housing […]

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Duncan claims vote thwarts a Biden directive

Rep. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina Republican in the 3rd District, believes a bi-partisan vote of 227-203 is a victory toward ending a Biden administration mandate that healthcare workers are required to take the COVID vaccine as a condition of keeping their jobs.  “I began leading the charge”, said Duncan, “against Joe Biden’s authoritarian vaccine mandate in 2021, when the frontline […]

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Weaver and Sandifer on matters of education

South Carolina’s new boss of public education, Ellen Weaver, gave state lawmakers yesterday her priorities in education spending:  teacher and bus driver pay, literacy instruction, and support for the governor’s school safety initiatives.  And Oconee’s senior member of the House in Columbia, Seneca’s Bill Sandifer, predicts House members are going to debate the creation of a Center for School Safety […]

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Running lights not enough in heavy fog

Please consider the following comments a public service announcement in favor of safe driving.  Barbara and Paul Wilson of Walhalla were out motoring yesterday during some of the early morning hours heaviest fog that our area has experienced in some time, and they were disappointed that some drivers did not display their headlights.  Running lights just weren’t enough during yesterday’s […]

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