Category: News

Starting in March, the West Union Town Hall on Main Street will be closed one day a week, on Wednesdays. The town council made the decision during its January meeting last night. On March 6, the town hall will follow a schedule of hours from 8 am to 5 pm Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays and Fridays. For the last […]

A Rabun County, Georgia resident was arrested by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office Monday on multiple charges that arose from a domestic violence investigation in Long Creek. The charges listed against Tiger, Georgia resident Joshua Dennis Dodgins include attempted murder. A deputy sheriff investigated a November 2017 complaint by a Long Creek woman who said she and Dodgins formerly co-habitated, but […]

Walhalla Municipal Court cases are now being adjudicated by the long-time Seneca judge, Danny Singleton. Effective with the start of 2019, Singleton has taken part time duty as the Walhalla municipal judge, after the retirement of Judge Jim Williams. Singleton keeps his full-time judge position with Seneca.

Seneca City Council assured residents of the South Cove area and Keowee School Road that the Council will request DOT to do an impact study of traffic concerns before the city gives its final approval of a rezoning request for a 235 unit housing development. A developer proposes to build the lakefront community just off South Cove Road inside the […]

Seneca will get political starting Friday. That’s when a two-week candidate qualifying period will open to fill a vacancy on the eight-seat city council. Businessman and former councilman Stuart Pohl attended last night’s council meeting and handed out news releases stating he’ll be a candidate.

Monday, January 28 will be a red-letter day for Walhalla. The city will break ground for its new water treatment plant near Lake Keowee. Everyone is invited for the ceremony to take place at noon at the Old Walhalla Highway and Melton Road. At the request of Mayor Danny Edwards, former mayors and council members who had a part in […]

A young Walhalla police lieutenant is the city’s new police chief. After a closed-door meeting, the city council chose Sean Brinson to fill the job vacated on the resignation last year of Ronald Wilbanks. It appears Brinson was a late entry into a field of what amounted to twenty applicants for the position. Councilman Tjay Bagwell says Paul Harris, who […]

A new three-member majority of the Oconee County Council took shape Tuesday, with the opening moves seemingly aimed at isolating the other two members. Julian Davis was elected the new Council chairman on Tuesday with three votes, his own and that of District 3 Councilmember Paul Cain and District 1 Councilmember John Elliot, who was sworn in Tuesday to replace former […]

Amanda Brock, longtime executive assistant in the county administrator’s office, will be the new interim county administrator for the foreseeable future. After an executive session of nearly an hour on Tuesday, the County Council unanimously approved Brock for the position. Brock will replace Rick Martin, who has served as interim administrator since the resignation of Scott Moulder last spring to […]

No students are reported injured in a late afternoon school bus accident near Seneca. The accident is believed to have involved a bus and a motorcycle on Wells Highway in the vicinity of Utica Baptist Church. Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, says 12 students were on the bus.  Some were picked up the scene by private transportation for a ride home, […]