Author: Dick Mangrum

Due to the snow and ice still covering many roads and continued power outages throughout the county, Tuesday, January 18th will be an eLearning Day STUDENTS WILL NOT REPORT TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS Assignments will be posted by 10:00am.  Teachers will be available for office hours from 10:00 to 11:00am and 2:30 to 3:30pm.  Students will have 5 days upon returning […]

Reserved for executive session tomorrow night in Walhalla is legal advice to the city’s elected leaders on what appears to be an imminent lawsuit by Seneca against Walhalla and other sewer interests in the county.  At the heart of the threatened suit is Seneca’s quest to be granted increased representation on the policy board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  […]

If you think 4.2″ of snow in Walhalla was something, you should have seen the white stuff in Mountain Rest community.  There on the east side of that mountain hamlet, we have an estimate of 8″. Officially, Oconee’s deepest sbnow was Long Creek at 5.5″. In her Walhalla report this morning, weather watcher Barbara Wilson reminded us of the long-time […]

In a 24-hour period, the Walhalla Fire Department responded to 38 calls for assistance.  And, of course, most of those 38 were storm-related.  The weekend of power outages affected the city hall.

Across five Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative service counties, fresh crews will work on the remaining outages (2,210 in Oconee).  Blue Ridge’s Terry Ballenger says adding to the manpower efforts are fresh-in state and out-of-state crews.

Minimum standards that apply to South Carolina detention facilities will be up for consideration when the Oconee County Council holds a regular January meeting tomorrow night at the Pine Street administrative office complex.  Specifically, a recommendation is to be made to award a new inmate communication services contract to Encartel, a company in Nebraska.  According to an explanation of the […]

The employment and the contract for Amanda Brock, Oconee County administrator, is scheduled to be taken up by county council during its regular third January meeting tomorrow night in Walhalla.  The administrator employment and contract matters are reserved for an executive session, to follow the regular open part of the meeting.  And once those matters are considered in private, the […]

Homeowners in a Seneca neighborhood evacuated their home during a Saturday afternoon fire.  The fire department reported the fire at 522 Robin Drive.  Chief Caudill said fire fighters needed 20 minutes to put a stop to the fire.  Red Cross assisted the homeowners.

Officials have announced that a wild duck harvested by a hunter in Colleton County is the first wild bird since 2016 to be found infected in the U-S by the Eurasian H5 type of highly pathogenic avian influenza.  The bird, an American wigeon, was tested by Clemson University Veterinary Diagnostic Center and the diagnosis was confirmed by the Animal and […]

The Anderson County coroner, Greg Shore, has requested the public’s help in providing information that can help identify the person found dead in an abandoned house fire early yesterday morning on highway 413 near McCoy Crossroads.  The body was found after the flames were extinguished, and investigators believe the fire was started by the person attempting to stay warm in […]