Category: News

A Westminster woman is accused of committing a crime against a federally chartered financial institution in Seneca. An arrest warrant announced by the Seneca police alleges Marletha Carleta Crista Baker is accused of intent to defraud the Oconee Federal Savings and Loan by cashing three checks that she knew to be fraudulently obtained and received $14,900 dollars between April 25 […]

The Walhalla police chief says he can’t blame a policeman for leaving for better pay. That’s what happened with Juan Hernandez who left the Walhalla department this week for a better paying job down the road in Seneca. Because the city paid the costs for Hernandez to take a 12-week, required course at the state police academy, Walhalla will be […]

There’s something new in the contract of Oconee County’s new administrator. After a closed-door session, the council added a clause to Amanda Brock’s contract that will subject her to penalties in the event she is fired for “whistleblower activities as discussed.” One definition of a whistleblower is a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit […]

Seneca and Westminster were waiting last night on Walhalla….and Walhalla gave its two fellow members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority an answer. That answer came in a three-part motion authored by Councilman David Underwood. The councilman’s motion, which received a unanimous city council vote, calls on the JRSA to take the millions of dollars designated to be returned directly […]

In spite of a search that mobilized early yesterday afternoon, a Foothills Trail hiker in Oconee County remains missing. County Emergency Services says crews will resume their search this morning—this time to be augmented by teams from Anderson and Pickens counties and Haywood and Buncombe counties in North Carolina. Yesterday searchers from Oconee and Jackson and Translyvania counties in North […]

The manager of Pioneer Rural Water told his board this afternoon he has three “takeaways” from the new budget that is being developed for a new year of water district operations. Terry Pruitt’s first takeaway is there should be enough income realized to grant pay raises to the employees at the Oakway-based operation. Pruitt says, in year one of Pioneer’s […]

This statement this morning from Clemson:  “The City of Clemson website is currently down due to a hardware issue with the website host. The host is aware of the issue and has been working to fix it. We hope the site will be back up sometime today.”

Over the years, a section of the Walhalla watershed has been synonymous with pollution, but the city has a plan to rid the Cane Creek arm of Lake Keowee of bacterial contamination. Scott Parris, utilities director, refers to a study that the city will make, as Parris put it today, “to get a grip on the true condition of the […]

An electric power surge is said to have disrupted part of the Duke Energy service area in Walhalla.  The surge apparently caused a power outage at the Oconee Courthouse and vicinity around 5:30 this morning.  The flip of a few switches a couple of hours later restored the lights in the courthouse offices, but Clerk of Court Beverly Whitfield requests […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has received information that people are getting phone calls from unknown individuals representing themselves as utility companies such as Duke Energy or Blue Ridge Electric. The caller informs the homeowner that their monthly bill is overdue and that they face having their service turned off immediately if they do not provide funds over the phone […]