Category: News

Walhalla Fire Department, whose members are cross-trained to put out fires and handle medical calls, stayed on the go both morning and afternoon yesterday.  Chief Brandon Burton says his fire fighters helped set up a medical airlift near the city limits; responded to a pair of car accidents, one of which occurred on Main in the downtown.  They also helped […]

An administrator within the South Carolina Public Service Commission has given 101.7/WGOG NEWS an explanation of how local and area retail customers of Duke Energy may track the progress of the utility’s rate increase request that some critics regard as too high. The PSC this week afforded Duke customers three public hearing opportunities to speak directly to the commissioners who, […]

A tip of the fedora is being extended to Oconee County from the man who sits in the top office of the electric power provider—the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. Jim Lovinggood, Blue Ridge president/CEO, says as far as he can tell, the Oconee Industry and Technology Park on n. highway 11 is “South Carolina’s first-of-its-kind project that seeks to blend […]

The Department of Transportation (SCDOT) holds its 2019 agency-wide highway litter clean-up event today, which means hundreds of workers will be picking up litter across South Carolina roadsides. In Oconee County, the “Spring Spruce Up” will focus on five major highyways—11, 28, 59, 76, and 188. Look for volunteers picking up litter from all components of the DOT—engineers, attorneys, administrative […]

If you are in need of work, come to the Seneca Borg Warner onsite job fair today from 12 to 5 for a chance to receive a same day offer. They have immediate needs for Forklift drivers starting at $14.01/hr., Assemblers at $13.48hr, and Maintenance Techs from $19.91- $26.41/hr. They offer free medical premiums, competitive pay and an annual bonus.

A group of community organizations working collaboratively as the Healthy Oconee Coalition will embark this month to address the root causes for poor health at the local level. Prisma Health’s Heather Goss, chairperson of the coalition, invites county residents to be part in events to create awareness of the reality of health for many in the community and to prepare […]

A new, prescribed burn by the U-S Forest Service is scheduled get underway this morning at Long Creek, with the expectation that the smoke will blow in the direction of the Rabun County, Georgia town of Tiger. A USFS spokesman says today’s burn will cover about 1,200 acres in the vicinity of Damascus Church Road. While the burn is in […]

Salem town attorney Brad Norton has clarified and shed light on what the mayor and council talked about during a meeting that preceded the council’s regular meeting last night at Town Hall. That initial meeting, which Mayor Lynn Towe called a workshop, had to do with the town’s contractual relationship with NEXT, the charter school that leases its school building […]

Duke Energy customers have a chance tonight to speak out on their electric power provider’s request to raise charges. The South Carolina Public Service Commission has scheduled three hearings this week in the Upstate. Tonight’s hearing will be 6 o’clock in the chambers of the Anderson County Council at 101 S. Main Street, Anderson. A third evening hearing will take […]

The regular March meeting of the Salem Town Council started at 6 o’clock last night, but prior to the mayor and council members were engaged in another meeting in their council chambers. For now, however, Mayor Lynn Towe is not explaining what the meeting pertained to, although it’s believed it had to do with the charter school in town. “We’ll […]