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Columbia takes note of a low state development that’s liable to catch the attention of South Carolinians, including those in Oconee County. By resolution, the Colleton County Legislative Delegation urges the Colleton County Council to oppose a proposed data center campus on Cooks Hill in Colleton County. The concern of that county’s state lawmakers is the ACE Basin of Colleton, […]
Read moreA warrant served by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office this week landed a 42-year-old Westminster man in jail and an initial court appearance, the result of which the accused was denied bond on all charges. The sheriff’s office identified Jonathan Matthew Tyler as having been arrested Wednesday on charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree and assault with […]
Read moreOn a day (yesterday) when the state’s legal beagle, the attorney general Alan Wilson, sent a letter to the Charleston County Library Board, the Charleston head library director picked up the phone and called her Oconee colleague, Blair Hinson. Their conversation dealt with the attorney’s general reminder about Proviso 27.1 of the FY 2025-2026 General Appropriations Act. Wilson wrote that […]
Read moreThe new nursing program at Southern Wesleyan University in Central expects to enroll its first cohort in its new pre-license Bachelor of Science in nursing program this fall. Steady progress is being made to the renovations of Terry Hall, to turn the building into modern-day nursing education space. Southern Wesleyan recently announced Dr. Tiffany Stewart as its Dean in the […]
Read moreArms of Oconee Republicans plan activities Thursday, February 26. That night the GOP Republican Men’s Club will welcome Congresswoman Sheri Biggs to its meeting at Keowee Key. The county party on February 26 conducts a straw poll among its members as to their preferred choice for governor. Yesterday the South Carolina Policy Council reported results of its winter gubernatorial poll. […]
Read moreA sitting member of the South Carolina Supreme Court who lives in Mountain Rest has been deemed qualified and nominated to seek re-election this year, according to the draft of the final report issued today by the state Judicial Merit Selection Commission. Justice John Few is one of four men to compete for Seat One on the state’s high court. […]
Read moreThis followign announcement this afternoon from Prisma Health: ” Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026), Prisma Health will implement additional measures in its South Carolina hospitals to help protect patients in response to rising measles cases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Carolina has the nation’s largest measles outbreak. These steps are part of Prisma Health’s […]
Read moreContinued dry weather puts Keowee-Toxaway basin in Stage 2 drought Residents reminded to conserve water. Residents withdrawing irrigation water from Lake Keowee or Lake Jocassee are limited to Tuesdays and Saturdays. The Keowee-Toxaway Drought Management Advisory Group (KT-DMAG) announced that the Keowee-Toxaway (KT) River Basin has entered Stage 2 of the Low Inflow Protocol (LIP) on Feb. 2, […]
Read moreA fender-bender traffic accident around 7:45 this morning in Seneca, at the E. Main and N. Cherry intersection.
Read moreStanding room only for the annual meeting of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce. The event took place in the Clemson University Nieri Family Alumni and Visitors Center with a Lake Hartwell overlook. Last night’s close-out speaker, Shane Miller of New Story Lending, said no longer does the organization that caters to local business have members. It has, he explained, investors. […]
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