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A short length state road that helps connect Oconee motorists traveling to Pickens County and back has been closed temporarily to allow the contractor to re-pave and make other improvements. It’s the Keowee River Road, which connects between SC 130 and 183 in the vicinity of the Oconee Nuclear Station. A spokesman for King Asphalt says motorists should rely on […]
Read moreIf you think low 90-degree weather is unprecedented for the last week of May, you weren’t here during the Eisenhower administration. For Walhalla, the temperature hit 99 degrees on May 31, 1953. That’s found in the record books kept by the family of the official weather watcher Barbara Wilson.
Read moreAhead on this coming Sunday’s ‘Community Soundoff’ on 101.7/WGOG: Why an Abbeville-McCormick phone company is helping Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative bring fiber optic, high-speed broadband access to households and businesses in Blue Ridge’s upstate service territory. The $150 million project carries an estimated price tag of $150 million.
Read moreWestminster- Dustin Paul Thrasher, 32, passed away May 22nd, 2021 at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital Born in Anderson County, South Carolina, he was the son of Paul Thrasher and Karen of Fair Play and Tina Annett Justice Reynolds of Seneca. Dustin worked as a technician at Baxter Enterprises and attended Beaverdam Baptist Church. Dustin was an avid outdoorsman and […]
Read moreEvelyn Doris Black Todd, 83, passed away on May 22, 2021 at the Cottingham House in Seneca. Born July 29, 1937, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Bunyan Black, Sr. and Nevada Hudson Black of Walhalla. Evelyn was a graduate of Walhalla High School where she excelled as a basketball player. She retired from the School District of […]
Read moreClemson- Aurora Camille Cunningham, infant daughter of Charles “Tyler” and Morgan Empkie Cunningham, passed away May 21st, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. In addition to her parents, Aurora is survived by her maternal grandparents, Melissa Empkie and William Empkie; paternal grandparents, Tammie Milton, Charlie Cunningham and Elayne Loper; great grandparents, Larry and Patricia Harris and Martha […]
Read moreWestminster – Tracy Allison Addis Neal, 48, passed away on Thursday, May 20th, 2021 at her residence. Born in Oconee County, Tracy was the daughter of the late Ronald Wayne and Lois Ramey Addis and was of the Baptist Faith. Tracy is survived by her daughter, Taylor Sanford and husband Joseph; son, Zachary Bowie; aunts and uncles, James […]
Read moreMountain Rest – Matthew “Matt” Aaron Holloway, 29, passed away May 20th, 2021 at his residence. Born in Springfield, Missouri, he was the son of Teresa Crooks Belcher and husband Willie and Brian Campbell and wife Jill. Matt graduated from West Oak High School and was of the Pentecostal Holiness Faith and enjoyed racing, barbecuing, playing and listening to […]
Read moreFair Play – Randall “Tristan” Nation, 35, husband of Sarah Marie Younger Nation, passed away May 20th, 2021, at his residence. Born in Anderson County, he was the son of late Randy Roach and Karen Diane Nation Lecroy of Fair Play. Tristan was self-employed and worked in the tree service industry and was of the Baptist Faith. In […]
Read moreThe afternoon of June 2 in Seneca is being reserved for an accounting of what the county sewer authority is doing to bring itself back into the good graces of state regulators when it comes to overflows in the service area. That Wednesday afternoon, in a three-hour meeting, the Joint Regional Sewer Authority’s outside attorney and consultant are to explain […]
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