Category: News

The additional seats recently placed in the council chambers at Seneca city hall could come in handy Monday night when the planning commission is scheduled to take up a short-term home rental ordinance. The conditions under which the city may allow short term rentals has, to some, been a bone of contention for about one year. Still pending in the […]

Hand held metal detectors were employed by Oconee sheriff’s personnel during a two-hour period leading up to last week’s Pickens at Walhalla game. Sheriff Crenshaw says about 2,100 people were scanned, as a security measure between the hours of 6 and 8, the kickoff time. Crenshaw says, “I attended the game and we received positive feedback from those attending the […]

A group of Clemson researchers wants to show South Carolina farmers how organically growing cereal and pulse crops can improve nutrition while lowering production costs. The group received a $1 million grant from the U-S Department of Agriculture. By using organic farming practices, farmers don’t need to buy expensive chemicals and fertilizers. Instead, they use farming practices, such as different […]

From Seneca to Long Creek, there’s entertainment to enjoy on this Friday night. At 7 o’clock the Seneca premiere of Elbow Grease will be a free of charge event at the movie theatre on the By-Pass. Mayor Dan Alexander is among those looking forward to a glimpse of what parts of his city look like on the big screen. At […]

South Carolina communities are coming together to clean up and re-build in the weeks ahead, now that two major storms have passed through the state. There’s an important phone number that can help from adding to complications during the clean-up. For any work that involves digging or removing trees, SC811 reminds homeowners and professional excavators to call 811 at least […]

Several residents of a Walhalla neighborhood can’t get in or out at this hour, as the result of a broken electric power pole and downed a tree and power lines. The affected neighborhood is Andover Way and N. Andover. Fire Chief Brandon Burton says the streets are temporarily closed, and Duke Energy repair crews have arrived.

From here on, it’s no longer legal to bury commercial and demolition waste on private property in Westminster.  City Council this week gave second and final reading to an ordinance amendment. “It is a health and safety consideration,” said Chris Carter, city administrator. Westminster residents who have the need to get rid of such waste now have two options: leave […]

A new Oconee County advisory board wants to again hear from county farmers and ranchers. The Agricultural Advisory Board has set Thursday, November 15 to invite farmers and ranchers to talk about what they do and what they are faced with, with an eye toward incorporating some of what’s said into the agricultural component of the county’s next comprehensive plan. […]

Nothing’s moving on a new Seneca library to replace the original mid 1960s building still being used today. But Blair Hinson, director of the Oconee Public Library, says the board of trustees hasn’t given up. “We are continuing to work with the county and work with our Friends of the Library looking at different ways of fundraising,” Hinson says. After […]

For health and safety reasons, the U-S Forest Service has closed areas within the Andrew Pickens District of the Sumter National Forest. Officials strongly recommend that, because of expected wind and rainfall, the public should not use trails or general forest areas. Anyone planning a visit to either the Sumter or Francis Marion national forests should seriously considering postponing their […]