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Lake Keowee as a source for drinking water will be a topic of discussion next month during a meet-and-greet with the public at the World of Energy. The public is invited 5 to 7 pm Thursday, February 9 for light refreshments and presentations by Greenville Water, Duke Energy, and the Lake Keowee Source Water Protection Team. Other topics include the […]
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The Oconee General Sessions’ judge spared a young man from prison in spite of his guilty plea to a sex crime. From the defense lawyer and the man’s parents, Judge Sprouse heard an explanation that a decision by defendant Daniel Eugene Taylor to open a link on a chat web site that revealed child porn was a one-time offense and […]
Read moreThe driver of a Kenworth work truck is being issued a citation from the state patrol alleging failing to yield for a stop sign yesterday morning at N. SC 11 at Little River Road. The 9:45 am accident there involved a second large truck, a tractor trailer truck, and the result, according to troopers, possible injuries and a detour from […]
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The bills that arrived late in the mailboxes of Walhalla utility customers were processed Wednesday, December 28, says Brandon Burton, city administrator. Those bills, he says, normally would have gone out Christmas Day. The city’s vendor in Spartanburg got them into the U-S mail on the 30th. Burton says many customers received them January 4, but he concedes several customers […]
Read morePowdersville, SC — Penuma Huff Moore, 93, wife of the late Wallace Derrell Moore, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at home. A native of Travelers Rest, SC, Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late William Augustus Huff and Bessie Mae Benson. She raised her family in Greenville, SC, retired to Seneca, SC with her husband, […]
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The USDA Forest Service will host a prescribed fire open house for the public on Tuesday, January 24 in Walhalla, South Carolina. The free community drop-in event will be held at the Walhalla Depot, 211 S. College St., from 4 to 7 p.m. Local Forest Service staff will be on hand at the drop-in to discuss future prescribed fire activities […]
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Wayne McCall happened to meet the carrier at just the moment Wednesday that she dropped his water bill into his mailbox on Mountain Springs Road. He was surprised that the bill arrived a day after the due date Tuesday. McCall drove to city hall, registered a complaint, but paid his bill – along with a late charge. McCall acknowledges Walhalla […]
Read moreWord from across the line in Georgia is that the Stephens County public schools are going to dismiss early to help ensure that teachers, students, and staff are able to get home before the forecast bad weather hits this afternoon. We’ve spoken to one Oconee parent who’s hopeful that the county public schools in Oconee order an early dismissal also.
Read moreThe state patrol confirms a serious accident within the last 45 minutes near Salem at SC 11 and Little River Road. Trooper Ridgeway says involved: a tractor-trailer truck and a tanker truck. The two-lane highway (SC 11) is blocked. Traffic is being detoured. Injuries are reported.
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The 5-degree temperature over Christmas caught many by surprise and jogged the memories of old-timers about when similar temperatures occurred. A Clemson merchant was correct when he told 101.7/WGOG NEWS that you have to go back to 1984 for similar temps. Our check with Walhalla’s official weather statistics revealed a low temperature of 10 degrees in January 1984. But there’s […]
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