Category: Editorials

Oconee’s newest death toll from COVID-19 increased to 130 with the announcement today of the deaths of two county residents on Tuesday.  One was elderly; the other, middle-age.  They were among 10 new deaths on today’s South Carolina report. The DHEC report revealed 756 new cases across the state, including 14 from Oconee.  Of 23,531 total test results, the state […]

Seneca – Carolyn Miller Kendrick, 76, wife of Albert Kendrick, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017 at the Cottingham Hospice House. A funeral service will be held 3:30 pm, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Utica Baptist Church.  The family will receive friends from 1:30-3:00 pm prior to the service at the church.  Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens.  The […]

Westminster – Emma Rogers Honea, 94, widow of the late Guy M. Honea, of 597 South Retreat Road, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017 at Lila Doyle Nursing Care.  A funeral service will be held 3 pm, Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Retreat Baptist Church.  The family will receive friends from 2-3 pm, prior to the service at the church.  […]

Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a two-part series that discusses the importance of water supply and water quality as congressional purposes for the Savannah River Basin dams and reservoirs. When was the last time you poured a glass of water from the faucet? Do you know where that water came from? If you live near lakes Hartwell, […]

An important meeting pertaining to the future of Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Plant take place next week, but you’ll have to go to Atlanta to be present for it. And we have asked the question why. Especially considering that one of the items on the agenda goes to what Duke is doing to prevent or mitigate the potential effects that […]

Congratulations to Corp. Tim Rice of the Oconee Sheriff’s Department on his appointment as the county’s new Environmental Services Officer. Sadly, the volumes of litter make this a big job for Rice. Fortunately, Rice will get help, in the form of prison labor who will be asked to pick up debris, a lot of which is caused by our carelessness. […]

The distinguished jurist who makes West Union his home will call it a career on December 31, 2014. It’s not that the Hon. Alex Macaulay clamors for the retired life. Rather, as all others in his situation, he must adhere to the state’s mandatory retirement for judges at age 72. Macaulay will celebrate his 72nd on January 31, 2014. He […]

In proposing Seneca’s spending plan for a new year, the mayor has described it as a budget not so much for 2013-14 as it is for the future of the children and the grandchildren of today’s adults. In Mayor Alexander’s view, the city must borrow and raise taxes and raise rates to pay for projects that will ensure the city’s […]

In front of Oconee County Council recently, a gentleman from Mountain Rest described county government as wrong-headed to think that it can have it both ways. In place of competing with the likes of Greenville to attract manufacturing, the speaker said Oconee would be far better off to zero-in on its potential to expand local recreation and tourism. But while […]

As The Journal aptly noted in a recent editorial, a May 28 meeting held in the county’s office complex was not advertised to the public. The meeting was held in an informal way by members of two Oconee government authorities who addressed confusion over a lot of the public’s money. Nothing at all illegal about that, but we think our […]