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Rain has forced Fair Play to cancel its Christmas parade today, and that means there will be no official Christmas parade in that Oconee County community this year.  At this moment (shortly after 11:30 am,) the Walhalla parade is still on.  Organizers are looking at an improving forecast with the hope that by parade time, 5 pm today, there will […]

Westminster’s Orchard Park Elementary School is one of eight South Carolina schools to win DHEC grants to help educate the next generation of environmental stewards. “Champions of the Environment grant winners will restore and protect coastal habitats, grow organic, sustainable gardens that attract pollinators, and reuse discarded items to reduce waste,” said Amanda Ley, DHEC’s coordinator for the Champions of […]

Westminster’s Orchard Park Elementary School is one of eight South Carolina schools to win DHEC grants to help educate the next generation of environmental stewards. “Champions of the Environment grant winners will restore and protect coastal habitats, grow organic, sustainable gardens that attract pollinators, and reuse discarded items to reduce waste,” said Amanda Ley, DHEC’s coordinator for the Champions of […]

An official at a regional government service agency says major intersection improvements in the Oconee County rural communities of Oakway and Fair Play are on the radar of the South Carolina DOT. We spoke to transportation planner Lance Estep of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments who says improvements at SC 24 and 182 at Oakway and at SC […]

The men who make policy for Oconee’s wastewaster treatment plant have re-set the budget for renovations at $1.75 million. That’s more than they first envisioned, but less than what the contractor presented last week. They finished debating the topic by taking a vote during a special Wednesday afternoon meeting at the Coneross Wastewater Treatment Plant at Seneca. In answer to […]

Two brothers and a sister from Walhalla have taken over a new craft beer business in the back of a Main Street building. West and Co. Taproom is behind the outdoor adventure store Twenty 8 West. Tjay Bagwell says he has joined his brother, Drake Bagwell of Greenville, and his sister, Candace Godfrey of Clemson in the venture. The taproom […]

Before the end of the year, one half dozen information kiosks will have been placed in locations along the future Green Crescent Trails system in Clemson. The kiosks will provide maps, photos, and other information to alert walkers and bikers of current and planned pathways around the city. The Friends of the Green Crescent Trail and city of Clemson staff […]

A member of the Clemson Area League of Women Voters has reacted with some skepticism to South Carolina’s move toward a paper ballot feature in the next statewide voting system. The State Election Commission last week called for requests for proposals from vendors to deliver a solution to the lack of a paper record of a voter’s ballot. That would […]

Shelter pets at Oconee Humane Society in Seneca will get a bit of holiday magic during the Holiday Wishes Party tomorrow from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 1925 Sandifer Blvd. Visitors and volunteers will sing rousing renditions of “Santa Paws is Coming to Town”, “Jingle Bones,” and more to the adoptable cats and dogs. Many dogs and cats can […]

A spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office says a bomb threat, communicated by email, is being investigated this afternoon at Clements Electrical in the Friendship Community near Seneca. The building on Friendship Road has been evacuated while personnel determine whether there is in fact a bomb or whether the email is a hoax.