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A spread on a Duke Energy website calls attention to one of the area’s most popular attractions: Lake Jocassee. The article by Ken Garfield appears on this, the 50th year of Duke’s Jocassee-pumped hydro storage station and the electricity for Duke’s Carolina customers. And the crystal clear body of water is a destination for divers and swimmers. The nearby Devil’s […]
Read moreSalem- Dr. Ned Broward Lovell, 86, husband of Carol Lovell, passed away on Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 at his residence. Born July 27th 1937, in Ocala, Florida, Ned was the son of the late Napolean Broward and Minnie Lee Gruber Lovell. Ned earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Florida, Masters and his PhD from Florida State University. […]
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“If you’re on Walhalla city water, then you’re well aware that the water system in Walhalla is in a state of disrepair.” That’s how Walhalla’s representative to county council starts his account of the situation. District Two’s Matthew Durham, however, says he has received from Mayor Tim Hall a listing of the upgrades underway to both the water and sewer […]
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Nature was kind yesterday to Walhalla—a break from the July blast furnace heat. At Walhalla’s Hickory Hollow farm, the high temp was just 78 degrees. Official weather watcher Barbara Wilson entered one-quarter inch of rain for the 24 hours reported to the National Weather Service.
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West-Oak Middle School gets a new assistant principal for the new year that starts Thursday next week. Action yesterday, in a special board of trustees meeting, named Stanley Antonio Scott to the job. Scott is a West-Oak High graduate who holds degrees from Anderson University and Clemson University. His work background includes five years in the classroom and three in […]
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A post by an officer of the Oconee Democratic Party has cost her the position she held with the local party. The post by vice chair Mary Anne Grabarcyzk referred to the attempted Donald Trump assassination this month in Pennsylvania. The Oconee Democratic Party issued the following response: “This comment by Mary Anne Grabarcyzk does not represent the views or […]
Read moreSeneca- Catherine Rowell Bagwell McGee, 94, wife of the late William Alan Bagwell and the late Charlie McGee, passed away Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 at the Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. Born December 16th, 1929, in Norway, South Carolina, Catherine was the daughter of the late Leon Allison and Annie Davis Rowell. […]
Read moreTamassee, SC– Michael George Raymond Gibson, 72, husband of Julie Butts Gibson, of Tamassee, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at his home. A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Gibson was the son of the late RB and Myrtle Addis Gibson. He retired from Englehard as a Special Metals Supervisor. Mr. Gibson was a member of Ebenezer Baptist […]
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An Oconee County Democrat is excited she’ll be a delegate to next month’s Democratic National Convention. Jody Gaulin, a former county party chairwoman, will head to Chicago as one of three delegates from the South Carolina 3rd Congressional District. The convention will run August 19-22. For Gaulin, she’s most looking forward to hearing her party’s presumptive nominee for president, Kamala […]
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A judge in Pickens County next month will hear pre-trial motions in the case of Kimberly Parnell, Lakeview Apartments vs. city of Clemson, CS Acquisition LLC and Keowee Trail LLC. The plaintiffs have challenged the formula that Clemson used to approve the HUB project that they say will mean a seven-story apartment complex with retail spaces on the first floor. […]
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