Author: Dick Mangrum

Halloween tomorrow is going to be different because of the world pandemic, but a good and scary time is possible if everyone will take the proper precautions to minimize the risk of spreading the virus.  Officials discourage haunted houses and large gatherings, but door-to-door trick-or-treating can be done safely if individually wrapped candy or goody bags are for children to […]

The city of Walhalla water treatment plant has lost electric power service, and all Walhalla water customers are requested to conserve water use and use water only for essential purposes.  Scott Parris, the utilities superintendent, makes the following plea:  “Due to yesterday’s storm and power outages, the Walhalla Water Department is experiencing water supply issues.  As a result, the department […]

In the latest report from South Carolina’s health agency, 918 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were added to the state’s totals, along with 13 new deaths.  An additional 30 Oconeeans have been confirmed to have the virus.  In the report issued yesterday, South Carolina case numbers jumped, deaths dropped.  A total of 6,945 test results were received by DHEC Wednesday.  […]

The spokesman for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative says Blue Ridge’s goal is to restore power by sundown tonight to most of its remaining customers who’ve been without service since tropical storm Zeta powered its way into the five-county service area yesterday morning.  Shortly before 6 this morning, the number of Blue Ridge outages in Oconee had been reduced to […]

Two medivac helicopters flew into Oconee County early last night to transport what the sheriff’s office reports were two victims of gunfire.  Officers say the shooting incidents occurred at an address on the Rocking M Lane near Mountain Road and SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said shortly before 8:30 last night, “At this time, […]

Because of power outages, Oconee County Recycle Centers remain closed until at least the noon hour tomorrow.  The Oconee Landfill at Seneca will open at 8 tomorrow morning.  Provided power is available, the county transfer station opens at 8 also.

Because several Oconee schools are without power, tomorrow will be another eLearning day for all county public school students.  Students are not to come to school buildings.

A good swath of Oconee County tonight remained without electric power service, including parts of the Walhalla area.  But crews are at work.  At one restoration site, workers are dealing with an electric power pole on Walhalla’s E. Main Street near the Presbyterian Church.  As the result of Walhalla outages, along with downed lines, sections of a number of Walhalla […]

After nearly 12 hours, electric power has been restored to the 101.7/WGOG studios on the Westminster Highway.  Unfortunately, however, we remain off the air because of no power at our tower location.  We are hoping that the power crews will be able to restore that service shortly.