Author: Dick Mangrum

Nuclear workers at Duke Energy are using Nuclear Science Week to spread word to high school students that a variety of engineering paths can lead to careers in their industry.  Students are invited this month to explore how Duke focuses on public and employee safety and how chemistry plays a role in nuclear operations.  Duke operates six nuclear plants and […]

A mammography clinic on wheels has been launched by Prisma Health-Upstate that, in the first year, could serve three to four thousand women.  The clinic will offer 2D and 3D screening mammograms and will position itself at businesses, physician practices, and local free clinics that work with the Best Chance Network.  That network provides no-cost and cervical cancer screenings for […]

As the office of Oconee Superintendent of Education continues to accept applications from residents of District One to be considered for the vacant trustee seat, the district office has cleared up a question posed to its legal counsel.  Once finalists for the seat are determined, the district will release the names of the finalists.  Transparency will also apply to everyone […]

New U-S jobless claims for the week that ended Saturday totaled 840 thousand, 60 thousand higher than projected.  In Upstate South Carolina, new claims were 74 in Oconee, 89 in Pickens, 150 in Anderson, and 497 in Greenville.  The effect on the unemployment percentages for the month of September is expected to be reported one week from tomorrow.  In August, […]

Roadside construction signs have gone up on the side roads leading to a section of SC 11 that is scheduled for re-surfacing.  However, the work that starts today between Collins Road and Critter Road will be new guardrail.  Officials say don’t expect the re-surfacing of the roadway to start until after winter, around spring time.  Re-paving 11 from Collins Road […]

A new leaf truck has just been added to the arsenal of machinery and equipment of Walhalla’s public works department.  It’s a leaf truck, and Russell Price, department head, says early October is an ideal time to have acquired it.  It won’t be long until the sanitation customers start to rake leaves and leave them in piles on the side […]

Friday, October 16 will be a day that Oconee County public school children do not have to report to their classrooms.  But it’s not going to be a day without learning.  The school district has chosen Friday the 16th as a day for students to practice eLearning at home for days later this year when weather conditions cancel in-class learning.  […]

A late afternoon accident on Walhalla’s N. Laurel Street injured a bicyclist whose bike apparently hit a mailbox.  At first, the police and fire responders thought the accident might have also involved a motor vehicle.  At the scene, medics made the decision to request a medical helicopter which landed and took off from an area behind the 1st Baptist Church […]