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Walhalla business license holders may now renew their licenses for the 2022 year.  According to the city, the rate schedules have changed.  You can pay by emailing Elijah Hayes at [email protected]. Renewals should indicate gross receipts for the 2021 tax year before a total is calculated.  Once a payment is processed, the license holder may select his/her preferred method of […]

Walhalla’s committee for diversity, equity, and inclusion partners next week with Tri-County Technical College for an event to highlight careers in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, business, early childhood education, computer information technology, public services, and more.  The 5 to 7:30 pm community event Tuesday, March 29 at the Oconee Tech campus on SC Highway 11 promises on-hand experts in admissions, financial […]

In the meeting held by the federal government’s nuclear watchdog, there was a reminder that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission remains an open agency when it comes to communications with both the public and nuclear workers.  As explained by Jared Nadel, NRC senior resident inspector at Oconee Nuclear, he and his staff are a phone call away.  His comments were triggered […]

In 2021, the government watchdog agency NRC determined that Duke’s Oconee Nuclear Station ran safely, but one inspection finding from late last year has yet to be fully categorized.  This was announced yesterday during a Nuclear Regulatory Commission public meeting to go over safety performances for three Duke South Carolina nuclear plants, Oconee being one.  NRC uses color-coded findings and […]

A 60-year old man was sent to prison for 25 years after an Oconee jury this afternoon found him guilty of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.  At the reading of the verdict, defendant Scott Norman Christner sat stoic and stared straight ahead.  The sex offense occurred at a home in Seneca where the victim was a girl […]

Candidates for Westminster City Council in next month’s special election have the chance to speak directly to the public in a pair of forums to be held in their city.  Interested members of the public may attend one or one both.  Westminster Senior Outreach will sponsor a forum on the night of April 4 at the Depot on Main Street. […]

All testimony has been completed at the Oconee Courthouse in South Carolina versus Scott Norman Christner.  Yesterday both sides rested.  The defense called no witnesses.  The remaining trial stages are summations by the attorneys to the jury, the judge’s legal charge to the jury, and the jury’s actual deliberations.  In a trial the started Monday, the prosecution alleged Christner committed […]

Oconee is pushing an 80 thousand population, nearly double what it was 50 years ago.  An at-large member of the county planning commission says too much of the county’s natural advantages are being lost to development.  At the start of this week’s planning commission meeting, Pat Williams declared, “Development is out of control in this county.”  He implored his colleagues […]

As long as supplies last, the Rosa Clark Medical Clinic at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial will distribute at no charge at-home self-tests supplied by the U-S Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the Defense Department.  So far, Rosa Clark has provided 1,450 tests to 20 organizations across Oconee County and surrounding the county.

A student-led group at Seneca High is coming to the aid of the region’s shelters for victims of domestic violence.  On Saturday, Seneca’s Emerging Women will sponsor a community fair to benefit Safe Harbor.  From 12 to 4 pm at Seneca High School, the community fair will assemble food trucks, vendors, games, bounce houses, music, along with information about the […]