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If the federal government says yes, Oconee Nuclear will continue to churn out electricity until at least the middle of the century. Duke Energy today announced it has applied to the NRC to renew Oconee’s operating licenses for an extra 20 years. Its current operating licenses remain through the early 2030s; this second license renewal would extend the licenses to […]
Read moreA Georgia man was arrested in Oconee County and charged with multiple offenses, including possession of a stolen pickup truck. Law enforcement records identify the man arrested as Toccoa resident Donald Lee Bales. The 63-year old Bales was arrested early Friday on the grounds of Wal-Mart near Seneca after a sheriff’s officer determined a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup was […]
Read moreA state biologist and a research team confirm that about 20 thousand shorebirds (whimbrels) roosted at night on a small coastal island during their spring migration. The team documented the May 2019 sighting and saw similar numbers again in 2020. The single flock included nearly one-half of the declining shorebirds’ estimated eastern population. And that, according to the South Carolina […]
Read moreClaudette produced a two-day rain event for WGOG land. When you factor in nearly two inches’ rain Saturday, with yesterday’s .80 hundredths of an inch, in the estimation of weather watcher Barbara Wilson in Walhalla, you get a healthy boost to the local water table.
Read moreWalhalla plans another Main Street Merchant Market this fall. Libby Imbody, the Main Street Director, says applications from artists and craftspeople are now being accepted for the Saturday, October 23 event, to be hosted by Community First Bank.
Read moreThe outfit Freeman Development goes before a regulatory board tonight in Seneca for a zoning change. The applicant will request property in the Rupert Porter Revocable Trust be changed from R-10 to R-6. The planning commission public hearing starts at 6 at city hall.
Read moreWestminster, SC — Barbara Ann Mize, 77, wife of Rev. Jerry Lee Mize, of 647 Poplar Springs Road, Westminster, SC, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021 at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Anderson, SC, Mrs. Mize was the daughter of the late Winford Lee and Ruth Ethel Neal Bruce. She was a member of Hopewell […]
Read moreWalhalla – Dennis Wilton Savage, 70, husband of Rebecca Reed Savage, of 162 Willow Lane, passed away on Friday, June 18th, 2021 at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House surrounded by his loving and devoted family. Dennis was born in Oconee County, and was the son of the late Joseph William and Dorothy A. Sanford Savage. Dennis was a self- […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Joyce Lander Bagwell, 87, wife of the late Rev. Ralph Art Bagwell, of Seneca, passed away on Friday, June 18, 2021 at Lila Doyle Nursing Care Facility. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Bagwell was the daughter of the late Roy Lander Harris and Allie Lee Gay Smith. She was of the Baptist […]
Read moreFire broke out last evening at a home on Salem’s Sunset Street, near Crestwood Drive. According to reports, no one was hurt, but the American Red Cross is assisting the occupants of the home. The address was a working fire fighters’ scene for nearly three hours.
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