Category: News

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative is one of the state’s 20 cooperatives with interest in bidding for the Santee Cooper utility in Moncks Corner, in the event the state deems it in the best interest to sell. The factor driving the possible sale of the utility that wholesales electric power is Santee Cooper’s failed part in building a nuclear plant. Jim […]

The Rock Crusher near Walhalla is a traditional money-maker for Oconee County, but if information given 101.7/WGOG NEWS proves true the county might soon change the operations. Word we are getting is that the county is giving thought to leasing the quarry operations to a private company. However, county administrator Scott Moulder, said last week, “No such formal proposal or […]

Around these parts it seems like rain falls every weekend and, by far, this past weekend was no exception.  Barbara Wilson, Official Walhalla Weather Observer, reports 2 1/2″ fell during the Friday-Sunday period, and more rain is expected to make its way today in the gauge kept by the weather watcher.  Yesterday’s official Walhalla high temperature reached 65; the low, […]

A child from the Midlands region of South Carolina died of complications associated with influenza infection.  DHEC counts the death as the first pediatric death reported this flu season.  The state’s health authority continues to encourage South Carolinians to get a flu shot.  Cost won’t be a factor.  DHEC recently started waiving administrative fees that some pay for a flu […]

A Greenville man hopes his wife’s connections to Oconee County will help him as he seeks votes this year in the state Republican primary for an office that may be one of the most contested this political season. Nelson Faerber is running for South Carolina Secretary of State, a challenge to the incumbent Mark Hammond. An attorney, Faerber’s wife is […]

If you’ve wondered what Ray Chandler, the former Oconee journalist, has been up to, it’s a new book.  “From his perch in Elbert County, Georgia, Chandler has penned “Stories of Georgia and Georgians.”  His research centers on some historic figures and characters from the past, including one of Georgia’s meanest men who, ironically, was a member of the Chandler family.  […]

Everyone’s invited at 6 tonight to Seneca’s Gignilliat Community Center for a chamber of commerce-sponsored political forum.  Appearing will be the ballot candidates for the four available city council seats during the city’s March 13 election.

At Walhalla Senior Solutions Monday morning, Lt. Governor Kevin Bryant will announce a lock-box program for seniors who live alone and who may not have a way to call for help. Bryant’s stop at Senior Solutions, in the former Walhalla Middle School building, is just one of a number of appearances he’s making Monday in Oconee County. This is a […]

A contract crew is expected to arrive this afternoon at the Ulbrich manufacturing plant near Westminster to repair a hydrogen leak discovered during the noon hour. Neither nearby homes nor businesses was required to evacuate, and Charlie King of Emergency Services said air monitoring equipment turned up no readings beyond 10 feet from the hydrogen container. First reports indicated the […]

“Operation Avalanche” is underway in Oconee County, an attempt by the Sheriff’s Office to stem the tide against methamphetamine being brought into the county. By Friday, four search warrants were executed in the Seneca area, at Carradine Road, O’Henry Lane, Argo Road, and Louie Lane. By the midnight hour, eight arrests had been made. Sheriff Crenshaw said, “Over the past […]