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A Walhalla man has changed his strategy to complete his hike of the Appalachian Trail. To date, Wayne Garland has reached an approximate one-third of the distance from Georgia to Maine. But at a point near 700 miles in the vicinity of Roanoke, Virginia, Garland has switched strategy. Because he lost a few weeks of hiking to re-hab from the […]

Heavy machinery is reported on property adjoining a former textile manufacturing plant in Oconee County. It’s an apparent signal that developers are getting ready to build EPOCH, a planned student housing complex between Lake Hartwell and the former Jacobs Chuck plant. The property is located off 123 across from the Hartwell Village shopping center.

The Oconee coroner says the name of yesterday’s victim of apparent drowning at the upper end of Lake Keowee will be released today, once his family is notified. For now, the victim from yesterday’s incident is identified as a 21-year old Greenville man. Bystanders at Fall Creek Landing alerted the first arriving public safety units that a male had gone […]

As South Carolina’s dedicated fund to fix the roads and the bridges grows with the higher gas tax, Seneca’s heavily-traveled and bumpy 123 By-Pass is getting some special attention. Recently, the Greenville office of the DOT administered a full-depth patching, crack seal and micro-surfacing project from Old Salem Road to N. Walnut Street. Alan Adams, resident construction engineer for the […]

A field day this month in the Barnwell County town of Blackville will offer something for anyone interested in growing or eating watermelons. The event will take place Thursday, July 12 at the Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center at 64 Research Road. Herbicides, miticides, pollinators and more are on the agenda for Watermelon Field Day. Gilbert Miller, a […]

Clinton resident Jake Rasor Jr. has been appointed by Governor McMaster to represent the 3rd Congressional District on the seven-member board of the South Carolina DNR—the Department of Natural Resources. Besides his home area, Rasor will have the duty to represent Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens counties on the policy-making board. He has a business career that includes experience in retail […]

In recent years, planners have come and gone in the Oconee County Planning Department. Maybe that’s why an achievement announced last night was worthy of applause from the county planning commission. The commissioners applauded Adam Chapman after the county planner told them he is marking his first full year as planner and liaison to the planning commissioners, who recommend policy […]

Work is to get started in earnest on the next comprehensive plan for Oconee County. It’s called the 2020 Comprehensive Plan and it is to be developed to reflect community goals and aspirations. An outside firm is being contracted by Oconee County to write the plan with input from the county planning commission and the public. From county planner Adam […]

Campsites have been taken on this July 4 week at Oconee County’s three public parks. Phil Shirley, director of county parks, recreation and tourism, says the weather has cooperated and you can expect the campers at the parks on Lake Keowee to be in place tonight for fireworks that’ll be seen in the sky along the lake and at other […]

Three seats on the Clemson City Council will be available in a non-partisan election during this year’s General Election in November. The city has announced plans for the election and the qualifying period for those Clemson residents interested in offering for the public office. Eligible to run are those Clemson city residents who have lived in the city for a […]