Changes tomorrow for Lake Hartwell rec-reating

The Army Corps of Engineers resumes collecting day-use and boat launching fees starting tomorrow at Lake Hartwell, including the Twin Lakes recreation area in Pickens County.  No longer will cash be accepted.  Automated fee machines have been installed at seven Lake Hartwell locations.  The automated stations, paid for by CARES Act  funding, eliminate the need to collect cash and reduce […]

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Still, there’s fire on the mountain

  There’s still fire on the mountain.  Here’s a 101.7/WGOG NEWS clarification.  The highway 28/Callas Mountain fire is contained, but not quite out.  A fire fighter tells us this is a key day to finally stop the fire that apparently started by the side of the highway yesterday afternoon, 1.5 miles north of the Mountain Rest Post Office.

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Duncan opposes the “American Rescue Plan”

The 1.9T COVID bill has gained the approval of both houses of congress, and awaits the signature of President Biden.  There’s money in it for relief checks to many Americans, money to benefit those who’ve lost employment in the pandemic.  But South Carolina’s Jeff Duncan, who voted no, warns the public not to be fooled.  The U-S Republican representative to […]

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Two Oconee County fires

Seneca fire fighters put out a large trash fire late yesterday afternoon in the backyard of a Utica home on Humbert Street.  No one hurt.  According to the fire department, the fire originated from some kind of dispute, which the sheriff’s office is looking into.  A large wild fire that burned at mid afternoon north of SC 28/the Highlands Highway […]

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Special DHEC announcement pertaining to nursing homes

Special DHEC announcement this afternoon: COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has received federal approval to update visitation guidelines for nursing homes and community residential care facilities, announced the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and Governor Henry McMaster. These updated guidelines require facilities to use DHEC’s percent positive by county data to help determine their visitation status. […]

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Wild fire on a windy March afternoon

All sorts of resources are being applied to a sizeable Oconee County wild fire this afternoon in the Mountain Rest area.  The fire is reported on one side of SC 28 north of the 107 juncture in the vicinity of Callas Gap.  U-S Forest Service personnel are assisting volunteer Oconee County fire fighters, and we’ve learned air support has been […]

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Ronnie O’Kelley with a temporary solution

After hearing about rats that have caused major problems to the machinery of Seneca’s Department of Public Works, Mayor Pro-tem Ronnie O’Kelley has an idea to better protect the city’s dwindling fleet of garbage trucks.  After hearing the account given by Scott Moulder last night, O’Kelley suggested the city store its sanitation vehicles at the city-county industrial park property on […]

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Poster contest award winners

Bailey Moore, Grade 2, Ravenel Elementary School, selected as the Overall Grand Prize winner in the 36th Annual Tornado Safety Poster Contest conducted by Oconee County Emergency Services. The contest is designed for elementary students in grades one through five. The purpose of the contest is to educate children on the dangers of tornadoes and protective actions that should be […]

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