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Seneca is holding out chance for the city to settle its long-running legal fight with the members of the Haynes family about the former Harper’s department store downtown. The city council last night, on a motion by Denise Rozman, gave Administrator Scott Moulder the go ahead to negotiate an end to what have been years of litigation both at the […]

After a closed-door meeting, Seneca’s elected leaders gave administrator Scott Moulder the authority to negotiate a potential arrangement to employ Moulder’s predecessor, the retired Greg Dietterick, as a consultant. The vote came on a motion by Anthony Herman Smith. The councilman told 101.7/WGOG NEWS afterward that the city considers Dietterick’s 20-year past valuable enough that the retired administrator could be […]

As written, the proposed changes to the animal control ordinance could lead to more dogs pouring into the county animal shelter, according to the county’s head animal control officer. Corporal Shaun Honea told county council members at a meeting of the Council’s public safety committee that in particular the portion of the ordinance dealing with tethering could cause some animal […]

Part of the westbound lanes on the Seneca 123 By-Pass were detoured late this morning after the collision of a dump truck and a van that had stopped in one of the travel lanes to assist the driver of a disabled third vehicle. The police say no one was hurt. According to Capt. B-J McClure, the dump truck hit the […]

Oconee officials are announcing the names of their three finalists for the post of county administrator.  They are Jon Caime, Laurens County administrator and former Oconee County department head; Michael Renshaw, county administrator in Barrow County, Georgia; and Les Blankenship, deputy county supervisor of Berkeley County and former county attorney.

Miss Oktoberfest 2018 is a sophomore honor student at Walhalla with plans to attend medical school and eventually pursue a career in orthodontics. The pageant winner last weekend was Isabella Covington, daughter of Jolynn and Jeff Covington. Isabella’s court consists of Carolina Crowe, Reagan Turner, Alexis Reel, and Grayson Cook. Miss Oktoberfest festival duties include attending the luncheon, cutting the […]

Some time in the wee hours of the morning, a power line caught fire near Seneca. Nearby Blue Ridge customers lost service for about one hour, long enough for some of them to get up one hour late. Terry Ballenger, spokesman for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, described the problem in an area bordering Blue Ridge and city of Seneca […]

Owners and operators of South Carolina reservoirs are being advised by DHEC to check their dams and take appropriate steps to safely lower the water levels today and the next several days to prepare for potential problems caused by heavy rainfall from Hurricane Michael. Soils are saturated from last month’s hurricane. Hurricane force winds can topple trees causing large voids […]

The opinion of Oconee public school parents and district employees will be sampled in a survey this month to gauge the sentiment on something that causes division over school calendars. At the request of the county’s parent advisory group, according to associate superintendent Steve Hanvey, parents and district employees will be asked to weigh in on whether the district should […]

The regular October meeting of the Westminster City Council takes place at 6 tonight at the city fire department. Among the items of business before the elected leaders tonight are improvements to the Retreat Street Park. City Administrator Chris Carter predicts the city council will talk further about a combined city-county office building, as well as amending an ordinance to […]