Category: News

Unless we get significant rain soon, the fear is that the Tugaloo River arm of Lake Hartwell will dry up to a trickle–as this photograph taken near the 123 South Carolina-Georgia crossing suggests.

The Seneca Lions Club is pleased to announce that the club, with the generosity of the public, has made strides in its goal of eyesight conservation.  This year the club bought 65 pairs of glasses and, with the help of a local eye doctor, has so far designated 35 people as recipients.  According to Lions Club member Jim Atkinson, eyeglass […]

Judges chose a student at Seneca Middle School, Nadia Sanchez, as the overall winner of an international peace poster contest, sponsored by the Seneca Lions Club.  Nadia and the other contestantants were asked to draw a poster on the theme of “A Celebration of Peace.” She wins an outfit donated by Belk’s and tomorrow, along with her family, she’ll be […]

The motor club AAA Carolinas projects that two million Carolinians will journey 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving.  The projection breaks down to 1.4 million North Carolinians and 670 thousand South Carolinians.  The holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday to Sunday.  This year’s projected increase of 1.9% is spurred by improvements in the economy, including rising wages, […]

Oconee’s three-member state “C” Fund Committee authorized funding on Friday to improve two Fair Play roads which feed into Interstate 85.  The vote approves funds for work on both SC 59 and 243.  One committee member, however, said he thought at least three other heavier traveled state roads in the county were in worse shape and more deserving.  Dick Cottingham […]

The agenda is set for a meeting tonight of the Westminster Planning Commission.  At 6 o’clock at City Hall, the planning commissioners will take up zoning issues referred by the city council, as well as communication tower regulations.

Until at least the noon hour today, Pinnacle Mountain evacuees are requested to stay out of the area.  The request, thru Pickens County Emergency Management, applies to evacuees from Back Park Road, Country Creek Drive and the west side of South Saluda Road. “We understand the significance of prolonged evacuation and its inconvenience but this decision is always made in the […]

All Manned Recycle Centers in Oconee County will be open Wednesday November 23 from 7am-7pm but will be closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday November 24th and Friday November 25th.  All centers will reopen on Saturday November 26th.

Fire fighters and related personnel are noticing better visibility today near the Pickens County Pinnacle mountain fire.  But the toll there is increasing–now at 5,095 acres.  Crews are taking hand tools to clear areas at the edge of the fire, turning over smoldering logs to allow the spraying of water from ATVs to cool off what is smoldering, according to […]

Unemployment in the county, the state, and the country is spiraling downward.  In the report for October, the Oconee jobless rate fell to 4.5%, from September 4.9%.  At 4.5%, Oconee’s rate is lower than both those of the state (4/7%) and the U-S (4.9%.) Oconee’s workforce in October was pegged at 35,371.  All but 1,594 were reported to be gainfully […]