Author: Dick Mangrum

A Westminster woman announced this afternoon that she has started the process of a petition drive opposing her city’s proposed ordinance outlawing honeybees and farm-type animals within the city limits. If you are a Westminster resident and wish to sign the petition, you can contact Susan Ramey at 710-8263 or 647-5572.  

The U-S Forest Service is announcing $3.5 million in grants today as part of a new program to support jobs and healthy forests in communities across the country, including Pickens County, South Carolina. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program is providing $400 thousand for Pickens County’s Nine Times Community Forest. According to the announcement, Naturaland Trust is to […]

For all Oconee County high school girls who dream of winning a beauty pageant, opportunities beckon next month in Walhalla. The 2012 Miss Okobterfest Pageant is looking for contestants. This year’s pageant will be 7 o’clock Saturday night, September 29 at Walhalla High School. Besides wearing the tiara at this year’s Oktoberfest, the winner receives a $500 dollar scholarship. The […]

In Oconee County government circles, there’s a lot going on of late with its 400 acres on highway 11 at Richland. An unidentified company is said to be interested in property there. Paul Corbeil, District One County Councilman, also says tomorrow is the day that a committee is to give final discussion and a score to the idea of new […]

  All Oconee solid waste facilities will close Monday for the Labor Day holiday.  

Oconee Medical Center is turning to a new accounting firm to keep track of its $166 million dollar business. Bob Toggweiler, chairman of the budget committee, announced the selection last night of a Charlotte, North Carolina firm—Dixon, Hughes and Goodman. Toggweiler also announced that, at its September meeting, the board will be asked to approve a budget to cover 2012-2013. […]

Oconee Medical Center enjoyed a positive bottom line of nearly $295 thousand during the month of July. A report provided the board of directors by Kevin Herbert, hospital finance director, attributed cost reduction efforts. According to Hunter Kome, chief operating officer, key was the managing of the cost of labor through flexing of staff based on the daily numbers of […]

Two Oconee County residents have been arrested in the Sheriff’s Department investigation Friday night of an attack on a man at his home in the Tamassee Community. A deputy found a 37-year old man “barely conscious and bleeding.” The officer quoted a witness as saying two individuals used a hammer and a stick to inflict head and ear injuries while […]

A metal building next to a retail store on Seneca’s By-Pass 123 may be small, but Oconee Democrats say it is full of ideas. The building, next to Harris Sporting Goods, is being prepared to serve as the 2012 election headquarters of the Oconee Democratic Party. The public opening is planned Labor Day, September 3. Voters will be able to […]