Category: News

Three rooms inside the former Walhalla Middle School are to be converted for a senior center, to be operated by Senior Solutions of Oconee and Anderson counties.  To make this project official, according to school district administrator Steve Hanvey, a vote will be required of the county trustees.  Part of the former middle school building will continue to be used […]

  In the field of water metering, the technology is changing—fast.  And the Walhalla utilities superintendent says his city can benefit by replacing its water meters to ensure that the city is getting true reads on what is consumed.  Scott Parris, the utilities director, talked last night with the city council about replacing all of its meters.  But one councilman […]

Oconee has a conservation bank board, but its problem has been money–the lack of it. That will change next week when Duke Energy makes good on a commitment to donate $618 thousand dollars.  Duke’s Alan Stuart next week will present the check during a meeting of the board at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning in County Council Chambers.  According to Shea […]

The members of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority are being called together for a rare mid-day meeting.  When quieried for the specific reason, Chairman Scott Parris said,  “The only information I can provide is that the Authority is having an executive session meeting to discuss a personnel matter.”  The meeting is set for noon tomorrow.

A four-day rain event for Walhalla puts a dent into the rainfall deficit.  Barbara Wilson, Official Weather Observer, recorded 1.75″ of rain for a parched community.  One-quarter of an inch of the total was measured for the 24-hour period Tuesday-Wednesday.

  The discovery in Mountain Rest of a backpack that contained items that had the potential to be used for a methamphetamine lab, according to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, is a reminder to everyone to be cautious if you find something that looks suspicious.  A Forest Service law enforcement officer told a county narcotics office on Friday of a possible […]

The Walhalla police chief, Ronald Wilbanks, was questioned last night by Councilman T-J Bagwell about a spike in the number of driving under the influence arrests that were noted in his department’s report for the month of November.  Wilbanks replied it’s that holiday time of the year once again when some drivers foolishly combine drinking while driving.  Wilbanks says his officers […]

In a time of need, Walhallans gave generously to the fire fighters who fought a raging Pickens County mountain fire that spread into North Carolina.  Now Walhallans are going to be asked one more time to help.  This time, for a Tennessee mountain community upended by fire.  Scott Parris, utilities director, received the go-ahead last night for his employees and […]

After nine years, the Oconee County Council will look for a new clerk.  Council Clerk Beth Hulse has announced her resignation, to be effective January 3 and her intention to go to work with a law firm in Seneca.  At the end of last night’s executive session, the council authorized Administrator Scott Moulder to start the search for Hulse’s replacement. […]

State troopers reported a pair of car-deer accidents this morning in Oconee and Pickens counties.  Shortly after 5:30, one accident occurred on highway 11 in Oconee.  About 30 minutes earlier, another car-deer accident occurred in Pickens County on the Farrs Bridge Road near 183.