Category: News

  Road changes and runway improvements make up “an evolving” capital improvement plan presented last night to the group that makes policy for the Oconee Regional Airport.  The county aeronautics commissioners received from their outside consultants a plan to chart the next five years for the small airport that sits across Lake Hartwell from Clemson University.  Each year from fiscal […]

This year’s Oconee County Leadership Class, part of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, is raising money for its project to update and landscape the grounds at the Lakeview Assisted Living facility near Walhalla.   And next week the class will hold a spirit night at the Chic-fil-A near Seneca.  From 5 to 8 pm Thursday, February 23, you can assist the […]

Those who helped return cruising to Westminster have now approached Walhalla.  Kelly Hardy and others appeared last night at a city council meeting.  And Walhalla Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks says he thought Hardy’s idea was well received by the city leaders who were told the aimless practice of driving thru town would bring visitors to the city and sales to […]

Lead from gunfire may have entered a Mountain Rest stream.  The Forest Service this morning announces the temporary closing of the popular Cedar Creek rifle range inside the Sumter National Forest until maintenance and an assessment is made of erosion and the depositing of sediment into the creek.  At the direction of Forest Supervisor Rick Lint, water sampling has begun […]

Senator Thomas Alexander is the replacement speaker for tomorrow’s “State of Oconee” luncheon at the West-Oak Middle School.  He’ll take the place on the program which Governor Henry McMaster has vacated.  The new governor’s presence is required tomorrow in Charleston for the visit by President Donald Trump to the Port City.  Others who will make remarks at tomorrow’s Oconee luncheon […]

By March 1, business owners in Walhalla’s downtown business district should be able to apply for matching grants of up to $2,000 to improve the appearance of their storefronts as part of the city’s downtown revitalization initiative. Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Crawford says she will bring a resolution before the council next week to create the grants. They are the […]

A City Hall hearing in Seneca will determine whether a property owner may vary from zoning regulations covering property on the 123 By-Pass.  A city official says the property is just west of the certified public accountants’ office near the overhead bridge.  The board of zoning appeals will hear property owner Jerald Wilbanks’ request at 6 o’clock.

Two empty store buildings in downtown Walhalla are under new ownership.  City councilman Tjay Bagwell, an attorney, says he handled the paper work this week on the closings for the sale of the buildings.  One of the buildings is the former headquarters of the Red Cross.    

Georgia law enforcement authorities arrested a 26-year old man whom the Walhalla police have been looking for since November. Walhalla Capt. Paul Harris said the local police department entered the name of Elberton resident Cory Frederick Maxwell into the National Crime Information Center and word came this week that Elbert County authorities apprehended Maxwell, who has waived extradition to South […]

One of two men wounded by gunfire last weekend near Westminster has been arrested and jailed on multiple charges in an incident that began at a Brock Road home and wound up in the middle of an intersection a few miles away.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office identified Coax Arnold Sanford V as charged with attempted murder and other offenses.  Sanford […]