Importance to county agriculture
Paul Cain, Seneca’s member of the Oconee County Council, will lead a discussion on agriculture preservation, according to next week’s council agenda.
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Paul Cain, Seneca’s member of the Oconee County Council, will lead a discussion on agriculture preservation, according to next week’s council agenda.
Read moreIn its first July meeting next week, the Oconee County Council will have plenty to consider—especially when it comes to grant applications, particularly putting up local money to supplement what the feds are offering. The largest consideration is an estimated $7.2 million project to allow the Rogers Group of Greer to re-hab the runway pavement for the Oconee Regional Airport. […]
Read moreClemson will offer an opportunity this month to learn about a development project titled “Kadera”. The city council will hold a mid-day work session Monday, July 25 at city hall starting at the noon hour. Pacolet Milliken will provide an update and discussion on the Kadera Development.
Read moreA zoning permit granted by Walhalla will be limited to a life of one year. Brandon Burton, city administrator, says the city council this week amended an ordinance to provide that going forward, any zoning permit granted by city hall will have a one-year time limit–meaning that if a project has not been completed in that time (or a business […]
Read moreTownville, SC — Doris Evelyn Smith Worley, 69, wife of Larry Dennis Worley, of Townville, SC, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at AnMed Health Hospital. A native of Walhalla, SC, Mrs. Worley was the daughter of the late Gentry P. and Ruby Gunn Smith. She worked in the textile industry and was of the Baptist faith. Doris was […]
Read moreHigher than normal rainfall prompted the S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on July 13, to downgrade the drought status for 29 counties in South Carolina. Many of the counties were just upgraded on June 30. The Drought Response Committee tries to avoid going in and out of drought stages so quickly but decided conditions had improved enough […]
Read moreA story that came from this week’s West Union Town Counci meetingl this week highlighted the possibility that, in a regional wastewater study, attention might be paid to the idea of the dissolution of the current Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority. In fact, that’s only one potential component of what the study might cover. And 101.7/WGOG NEWS is happy to […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today regarding an investigation into an armed robbery that occurred at a business, located at BI-LO Place, near Seneca. The Sheriff’s Office is also seeking the public’s help in identifying a person in relation to the crime. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau was dispatched, in the […]
Read moreA Clemson man has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses in a Seneca police burglary and kidnapping investigation July 1 at an apartment at Seneca’s S. Depot Street and Fairfield Road. The accused—30-year old Jamel DeShawn Brown, faces assault and malicious damage charges—in addition to allegations of kidnapping and burglary first degree. The police are looking at a […]
Read moreA property offense faces a 36-year old Westminster area man in the police department’s investigation of a July 10 crime at the city’s Hardee’s Restaurant. A warrant issued by the local magistrate’s office accuses Christopher William Underwood of the Theo Martin Road of throwing a rock through the entrance of the E. Main Street restaurant, inflicting $5 thousand damage. Underwood […]
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