Author: Dick Mangrum

If your favorite places to do business are missing the familiar faces of certain employees, it may well be they are not there because they continue to receive a combination of the state and federal jobless benefits designed to cushion the economic blows of COVID-19. And now some of those who’ve been furloughed can become eligible to receive 10 more […]

Here’s an announcement from Libby Imbody, Walhalla Main Street director:  “After careful consideration of increasing COVID-19 cases in our area, and consultation with health and school officials, we are adjusting our annual Summer Nights on Short Street series. We are now preparing for “Summer Nights at Home!”, a series of activity kits that families will pick up from local shops. […]

After years of planning and working, the Foothills Farmstead this Saturday, July 11 will open its “doors” to the public.  “We want everyone to come and see the beginning and follow our journey as we build the farmstead,” says Nick Gambrell, Director of the Foothills Farmstead. “We received a Bridge Grant from SC Humanities that is allowing us to open […]

An Englishman drowned Friday evening near the Cliffs Boat Ramp at Lake Keowee in Pickens County.  The deputy coroner, Gary Duncan, says the victim was Derrick Andrew Otin, 24-year old resident of Nottingham, England and a 2020 graduate of Xavier University in Cincinnati.  Otin was visiting friends at the Cliffs.  An autopsy was conducted Saturday at Prisma Health Greenville.  The […]

Most parents who’ve responded to an Oconee School District survey want their children to be allowed to return to face-to-face learning, and the public schools are setting out to comply with those wishes.  At the same time, Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland, says there are a number of parents who are uneasy over the idea of sending their kids back to […]

Besides electing a president, voters this year in an Oconee County fire district will fill two seats on the fire district policy-making board.  Residents within the fire district, based at Keowee Key, may file their candidacies between July 27 and August 7.  During that two-week period, those interested should file their non-partisan candidacy statements with the Oconee Board of Registration […]

In Washington, Senator Graham and Representative Duncan are behind separate pieces of legislation in their respective chambers of congress.  In the Senate, Graham is a co-sponsor of a bill to encourage the tech industry to take seriously online sexual exploitation.  And in the House, Duncan is a leader of a bill for a task force to expedite permits for high-speed […]

Limited activity is scheduled next week in the Oconee General Sessions Court in Walhalla.  The circuit’s chief prosecutor, David Wagner, said his office expects during Monday through Wednesday next week, the resolution to several cases in which defendants wish to have their charges resolved through pleas of guilt.  Prosecutors will focus on defendants who have been “carded” to report for […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,463 new confirmed cases and 2 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 8 additional confirmed deaths and 1 new probable death. There are currently 1,251 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number […]

Repairs have allowed Walhalla to rescind the boil water advisory.  The repairs have allowed the system to re-fill with water and raise the pressure.  Scott Parris, utilities director, implemented the advisory last evening—the result of a power interruption to the plant off SC 183/the Westminster Highway.  Walhalla is making the finishing touches to a new treatment plant, but the new […]