The tax begins to come in
Walhalla’s new hospitality tax brought $11 thousand, 861 dollars to the city’s coffers in its first month, according to an announcement during last night’s council meeting.
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Walhalla’s new hospitality tax brought $11 thousand, 861 dollars to the city’s coffers in its first month, according to an announcement during last night’s council meeting.
Read moreWalhalla City Council gave preliminary approval last night to a lease to relocate the Farmers Market from the city parking lot on S. Catherine Street to a vacant lot at Main and Spring. Chairman James says it’s a better location for the farmers and for the downtown as a whole. Powell said other details, such as the considerations of the […]
Read moreAn Easley teenager lost his life in a car accident late Monday night in his hometown. According to Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley, the victim was 16-year old Kevin Daryl McNab. Kelley said McNab was ejected from his vehicle and landed beneath it at S.C. 183 and the Jameson Road.
Read moreA former Walhalla policeman who is now a city councilman suggested last night his colleagues would be inconsiderate of police officers and fire fighters by prohibiting them and other city workers from using tobacco products while on duty. David Underwood cast the only no vote on first reading of an ordinance amending the smoking policy as it applies to city […]
Read moreFour of six of Walhalla’s elected leaders want no part of an ordinance that would prevent anyone convicted of a crime from carrying anything around that could be misconstrued as a weapon. Chairman T-J Bagwell of the General Government Committee could muster only one other supporter for his proposed ordinance, which apparently grew from complaints by senior citizen walkers concerned […]
Read moreAfter the final vote of last night’s meeting, Mayor Danny Edwards declared the dawning of a new day in Walhalla. Edwards reacted to the 6-0 vote to move forward with the streetscape plans developed by Partners for Progress but never implemented. Voting yes were the mayor and five council members. Councilman Deek Biemann did not attend the meeting. The vote […]
Read moreThe computer database of Oconee public schools showed 10, 537 students on day one. Males outnumber females in all grades with four exceptions. Females are the largest percentage in grade 2 and grade 4. Males and females are balanced in grade 3 and grade 10. Blue Ridge Elementary, with 648 students, recorded the highest enrollment for elementary schools. Seneca, with […]
Read moreRecent Clemson graduate Lauren Harroff of Concord, North Carolina has received a Fulbright grant to conduct research in the African country of Uganda. The fourth Clemson alumnus to receive a Fulbright this year, Harroff graduated in May with a degree in bio-systems engineering. She volunteered with the Pendleton Place Children’s Center, took part in peer mentoring with the Calhoun Honors […]
Read moreFor the first day and the new year of Oconee schools, Superintendent Mike Lucas’s prediction is an enrollment of 10,872. That factors in around 220 students in the kindergarten classes.
Read moreAs early as Saturday, the general contractor for Sheep Farm Road will change traffic lanes between U.S. 123 and the Bountyland Road. Paving of the new Bountyland alignment is tentatively scheduled Thursday and the traffic lanes are to be switched once the paving is finished. According to an announcement by Embree Griner III of the U.S. Group, “We will […]
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