Category: News

The School District of Oconee County has announced that due to continued inclement weather concerns, there will be no school on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 for students and teachers. 225-day + employees should report on a 2-hour delay, if conditions are safe to do so.

As of 11:45 a.m. today, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative had 3,611 members remaining without electric service. The by-county breakdown: • Anderson 0 • Greenville 1,211 • Oconee 711 • Pickens 1,641 • Spartanburg 28 Crews have restored power to 785 members since daybreak today. Thus far, linemen have encountered 33 broken poles. A broken pole, on average, quadruples the time […]

(Walhalla, SC)——————————————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Walhalla man last Friday afternoon on multiple outstanding warrants, including a charge of Attempted Murder. 36 year old Matthew Carlton Moss of Stribling Shoals Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:35pm. Moss was placed into custody after deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Moss was driving […]

(Walhalla)—Oconee County Veterans Affairs Director Jerry Dyar along with his staff…Eric Suttles and Tanya Adkins are rolling out the “holiday red carpet” on Friday, December 14th for all area veterans and wives. “The Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office will take the occasion to spend some time with all our great veteran heroes on this day”, said Dyar. Throughout this coming […]

Oconee County Schools are closed Monday for students and teachers. Oconee County Government offices, including the Courthouse, will operate on a 2-hour delay Monday. Oconee Kidney Center is closed Monday. Oconee County Chamber of Commerce Holiday Open House cancelled for Monday. Tri-County Tec, all campuses will open at 10 am on Monday. All exams scheduled for Monday will be rescheduled for […]

Some 1200 Oconee County customers of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative remained without power early this afternoon. More than twice that number remain without power in Pickens County. The arrival of three co-op crews from downstate is anticipated Sunday afternoon. At 7 o’clock this morning, Walhalla had recorded 1.2″ of snow & sleet and 2.06″ of rain.

School District Associate Superintendent, Steve Hanvey says there will be no school Monday for students and teachers due to inclement weather and icy road conditions. 225-day + employees should report on a 2-hour delay, if they can make it safely.

The Winter weather has forced the closing of the Walhalla Library on Sunday.

As of 11 am Sunday, Blue Ridge Electric reported 2,000 Oconee County consumers were without power. Hardest hit areas are the northern sections of Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties. Blue Ridge Electric has 220 linemen working and extra crews are on their way from south of the area. Traffic on Highway 123 between Seneca and Clemson is picking up slightly […]

Clemson water customers may return to using water as normal. The city announces that, “Everything has been repaired at the booster pump station, and no water quality issues are present.”