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Oconee County Councilman John Elliott, after a trip to the supermarket and learning what he had to pay, leads him to believe the economy is in a period of “hyper inflation”.  One definition of hyperinflation  is a high and accelerating inflation that erodes the real value of the local currency, as the prices of all goods increase.  According to ABC […]

At their special meeting today, Oconee County Council is to discuss grant and performance agreements benefitting a battery maker for electric vehicles.  Project EV Pack-Oconee involves a German company, Akasol, recently acquired by the Borg Warner Company.

A 20-year old man learned his fate yesterday in the Oconee court of General Sessions.  Joseph Jason Bertich was told by the judge that he is sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder.  Bertich entered a guilty plea.  After hearing that Bertich broke two separate knives while stabbing a person with whom he had no real relationship, Judge […]

The former probate judge, Kenny Johns, is considering a run this fall for mayor of Walhalla.  Johns admits that the planned exodus of the longtime mayor, Danny Edwards, has him contemplating seeking the mayor’s office.  Earlier in his life, when he was 30 years old, Johns served as mayor, following a stint on the city council.  A second Walhallan whose […]

Clemson University’s Board of Trustees met Thursday to approve recommendations from the administration on tuition and fees for the 2023-24 academic year. The University will freeze tuition and fees for both in-state and out-of-state undergraduates, marking the fourth-consecutive year of no tuition increase for South Carolina residents. “Our Board thanks Governor Henry McMaster and the General Assembly for their extraordinary […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, recently conducted an “Aids to Navigation” inspection on Hartwell Lake to inventory all buoys, shoal markers and other navigational aids to ensure proper placement, working condition and visibility. This annual inspection plays a vital role in boater and water safety for the millions of visitors to Hartwell Lake, and this year numerous […]

The board of Pioneer Rural Water passed a new budget, minus a water rate increase for the next 12 months.  Terry Pruitt, general manager, says this week’ annual customers’ meeting went well.  Board members talked about searching for grant monies to address any taste and odor issues that could arise in the future.  Lake Hartwell algae intrusion has been the […]

Clemson has them, so why not Seneca?  A parking garage downtown Seneca may not be too far away in the city’s future.  Scott Moulder, city administrator, says with the help of the city’s state representative, Bill Sandifer, a $12M state appropriation has been approved, and it missed the governor’s vetoes.

Passed by the Senate banking committee is a bill that South Carolina’s Tim Scott has hopes will choke off the income source of synthetic opioid traffickers.  The FEND Off Fentanyl Act is closer to becoming law.  The bill would direct the Treasury Department to use economic sanction tools to choke off the profits of the Chinese precursor manufacturers and the […]

Senator Graham called attention this week to, as his announcement put it, protecting women’s sports.  A Washington hearing focused on the fairness of a female athlete having to compete against a biological male in the field of women’s sports.  It’s not fair, as South Carolina’s Graham stressed, to the hearing panelists.  “Young girls are working hard in their particular sports […]