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The public swimming season has begun in Walhalla. The city announces that its pool on W. Main Street is open. For hours of operation and more information, you can go to faymca.com.
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The public swimming season has begun in Walhalla. The city announces that its pool on W. Main Street is open. For hours of operation and more information, you can go to faymca.com.
Read moreA Walhalla official says new development in the vicinity of Country Junction makes for increased demand for water service. And Scott Parris, the utilities director, says his department is progressing to lay large enough pipe for increased flow. Parris told the city council last night that the water department is able to expand its service north of the corporate limits, […]
Read moreWalhalla’s first-year mayor, Tim Hall, received city council support to create an annual award for someone or some organization that contributes to the advancement of the city and its populace. It’s to be named the John A. Wagener Award, for the member of a German colonization society that trekked from Charleston and established Walhalla in the mid-19th century. The Wagener […]
Read moreSenecans can find out this week the projection as to what it will take in dollars and cents to operate Oconee’s largest municipal government. The FY 2025 budget presentation is the reason for a work session/special meeting at 6 Thursday night at city hall. Several budgets are up for consideration: the general city operations; the utilities; hospitality and accommodations monies; […]
Read moreFair Play – Sarah Lee Glenn Honea, 69, wife of the late Joseph Wayne Honea, passed away on June 3rd, 2024, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born November 2nd, 1954, in Seneca, South Carolina, Sarah was the daughter of the late Harmon Lee and Zonell Crenshaw Glenn. Sarah was a phlebotomist and was a member of Beaverdam Baptist […]
Read moreAccording to Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park, a bison gored an 83-year-old Greenville, South Carolina woman. It happened Saturday near Yellowstone Lake. There was no immediate word on her condition. Although the incident remains under investigation, the national park announcement states: “The bison, defending its space, came within a few feet of the woman and lifted her about a foot off […]
Read moreThe Oconee Humane Society and the county Sheriff’s Office are teaming up for a special dog adoption day this Saturday from 10 to 2 at the F. A. R. M. Center on the Sandifer Boulevard. The humane society promises adorable, adoptable dogs who are spayed/neutered, microchipped, and current on vaccines. A free lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers will be […]
Read moreThe center of global finance. That is where business students from Clemson University were when they got to go from the classroom to the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. They witnessed the ringing of the opening bell, got a behind-the-scenes tour from Clemson alumni and connected with financial pros.
Read moreWalhalla native and Walhalla High 2017 graduate Broderick Gordon serves aboard the USS Ramage, a U-S Navy warship operating out of Mayport, Florida. Gordon joined the Navy four years ago. He serves as a cryptologic technician. “I joined the Navy to pay for my education,” said Gordon. “My goal is to become a head librarian. I look forward to the […]
Read morePolitically speaking, everything points to South Carolina primary election day one week from today. But lurking beyond June 11 is a separate election when Oconeeans fill three seats on the county school board. The November General Election is mostly about partisan politics, but Oconee school board seats are non-partisan, meaning candidates do not have to declare a party affiliation. Oconeeans […]
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