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U.S. Senator Tim Scott says he is helping to lead a bipartisan effort for increased focus on reducing maternal mortality in the United States and improving health outcomes for mothers and children. In a letter to Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 14 Republican and Democratic senators requested that the Department and Agency prioritize […]

So far, Oconee is on the safer side of Michael which is passing thru our area in the status of a tropical storm. A few trees fell thru the night and there are puddles on some of the roadways. But other than that, no problems are reported this morning. Steady, moderate rain is falling this morning in Oconee County.

The Democratic candidate for District Two State House of Representatives has announced a campaign appearance next week in southern Oconee County. Jody Gaulin says she will hold a town hall meeting at 6:30 Tuesday night at the Fair-Oak Youth Center.

Westminster residents get a chance next week to learn about plans for the city’s first community garden. Dot’s Kitchen at 135 Lucky Street will host the 6 o’clock Monday night meeting. A development plan will be presented for the grant-funded garden. Claim plots in that garden will be free during the first year. The garden will be dug on city-donated […]

Here’s an announcement from Beverly Whitfield, Oconee Clerk of Court. County residents who were sent jury notices for October 22 no longer need report for a special week of the general sessions court. As many as 200 Oconeeans had been selected as the pool of jurors for the state’s case against former Walhalla Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks, but Whitfield says […]

Word from Columbia is that Oconee County has demonstrated the need to be allowed to expand its commercial and demolition landfill at Seneca. It’s another step in a lengthy process to expand the landfill by 75 acres, according to Swain Stihl, director county solid waste. Once the Department of Health and Environmental Control decision is final, an engineering firm will […]

An 11-year officer in the South Carolina DNR received the Officer of the Year Award in Region 1. He’s Lance Corporal Brian Welch, who is assigned by the state to Pickens County. A member of a newly re-formed K-9 team, Welch and his K-9 Max deployed 51 times this past year, resulting in 30 cases. Those cases are typical of […]

The Seneca fire fighters who answered the first call Saturday to that scorching fire in Bountyland Community received a tip of the fireman’s cap last night from their employers, the Seneca City Council. Mayor Dan Alexander commended the fire department for its work to put a stop to a fire that raged through 12 units at the storage unit complex […]

If you hear sirens wail shortly before noon today, chances are it’s nothing more than a test. Duke Energy and Oconee County officials plan a test this morning of the emergency sirens around the nuclear plant. It’s a scheduled three-minute test at 11:50 am that requires no public action. The test is conducted to assure each of the 65 sirens […]

Might Oconee get lucky twice in a row and miss some of the more damaging effects of the remnants of a hurricane? Predictions have the effects of Hurricane Michael passing to the eastside of Oconee County. Nevertheless, city of Walhalla and the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative are making plans just in case something bad happens. The motor club AAA Carolinas […]