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Starting tomorrow (October 1) Duke Energy customers in South Carolina will see a drop in their electric power rates. The company says it’s part of an annual adjustment of the actual cost of fuel used to generate electricity at the power plants. A typical residential customer in South Carolina using 1,000 kilowatt-hours each month should notice a decrease of $6.81 […]
Read moreFour new student cases of COVID-19 among students were added today to the Oconee School District virus tracking site. The positive cases: one student at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary and three students at the Walhalla Middle School.
Read moreReports attributed to The Wall Street Journal indicate Boeing is expected to announce this week plans to consolidate 787 Dreamliner assembly in South Carolina. That would mean the airplane maker would end the production of the jetliner in Washington state. U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina’s 3rd District calls Boeing an already integral part of South Carolina’s economy and […]
Read moreInsurance proceeds have given Seneca money to start to replenish its fleet of sanitation trucks, three of which are considered destroyed by a Labor Day weekend fire. The mayor and city council were told last night that insurance has approved $470 thousand. City Administrator Scott Moulder also announced that all but $1 thousand of what the city spent on a […]
Read moreIf you are not a voter in good standing, and wish to vote in the November election, four days remain before the deadline–Sunday, October 4. If you are unsure about your status, a good idea is to make sure you have a current registration. You can do that thru scVOTES.org and click “Check My Registration.” Voters not now registered to […]
Read moreThe owner of two existing Seneca businesses will take over a former supermarket building in the downtown and re-locate one of them there. Details of the deal between the city of Seneca and businessman Ray Murphy were announced and approved last evening at a meeting of the Seneca Improvements Corporation. For the SIC, the deal will mean $350 thousand. Josh […]
Read moreNew South Carolina COVID cases reported yesterday by DHEC numbered 527. The one-day death toll reported by DHEC was 22, including the death Monday of an elderly Oconeean. A total of 44 new cases were reported in Oconee County. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC Monday was 4,007 and the positivity was 13.2%. Clemson University chipped […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Ralph E. Rogers, 68, husband of Brenda Hopkins Rogers, of 170 Cool Breeze Drive, Seneca, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. Rogers was the son of the late Paul and Ola Ree Frady Rogers. He retired from Dunlop and was a member of the Seneca Masonic […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Joyce Carolyn Moss Smith, 73, wife of Bobby Leon Smith, of 107 Torrington Road, Walhalla, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Jackson County, NC, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Gus Columbus Moss and Bertha Blackburn Moss. Joyce was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. She […]
Read moreTamassee, SC – Christopher Terrell Campbell, 33, husband of Emily Alysse Porter, of 201 Jumping Branch Road, Tamassee, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020. A native of Orange County, FL, Mr. Campbell was the son of Terrell Lewis and Judy Nichols Campbell. Chris was dearly loved by his wife, children, parents and his family. He was an entrepreneur […]
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