Category: News

The issue last evening at Walhalla City Hall was whether two builders would get the zoning change needed to place a new manufactured home in the area of 300 E-N Broad Street, not far from the fire department.  David McMahan and his partner, Scott Arnold, sought a special exception to the zoning law.  But the Board of Appeals voted 2-2 […]

A new ordinance adopted by Clemson City Council regulates game day and and other university event parking.  According to the city’s announcement, the ordinance was crafted in a way that is fair to property owners and entrepreneurs while taking measures to preserve the sanctity of its neighborhoods.  The new law regulates the use of private property for those who charge […]

TO THE RESIDENTS OF ELM STREET, CALHOUN STREET, WARBRANCH ROAD, AND FERN CIRCLE IN THE CITY OF CLEMSON. The City of Clemson Utilities Department repeals the boil water advisory for residents of the above listed neighborhood in the City of Clemson, located in Pickens County. Residents no longer need to vigorously boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. Water samples […]

A customer at the B Pams Food Mart in Easley is $100,000 richer. The   Palmetto Cash 5 player bought a ticket from the retailer at 201 NE Main St.  By yesterday, the buyer of the ticket remained unknown to the South Carolina Education Lottery. The Palmetto Cash 5 ticket for Tuesday’s drawing matched all five numbers drawn to win the $100,000 top prize. Had the ticket […]

The government confirms what folks are saying when they have a look at Lake Hartwell these days.  With the heat and the humidity and less rain come lower lake levels.  Billy Birdwell, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, says the heat means more water evaporates from the reservoirs and the plants onshore suck more water out of the reservoirs […]

If you wanted to see and hear tomorrow night’s Talley concert by Golden Corner Gospel and don’t have a ticket, unfortunately you are out of luck. Tom Rusk announces that the concert at Welcome Wesleyan Church has sold out of tickets and there will be none available tomorrow night at the door.

The transmission supplier for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative has scheduled an outage during the early morning hours of Sunday that will mean no service for parts of Blue Ridge’s service territory in southwest Oconee and northwest Anderson counties.  The outage is scheduled to start at midnight and last until 4 a-m and affect those in Port Bass, Fair Play […]

We have a report that no action was taken after Oconee’s sewer commissioners emerged last night from their executive session.  The commissioners who set policy for the county’s treatment plant at Seneca were scheduled to meet privately with their attorney to consider the county administrator’s proposal to end the stalemate over whether the county should continue to fulfill an agreement […]

Parts of Clemson’s water service area are under a boil water advisory today.  The advisory affects those City of Clemson water customers on Elm Street, Calhoun Street, Warbranch Road, and Fern Circle and was necessitated by low pressure caused by the repair of a six-inch water main line break caused by a contractor.  The advisory means that affected water users […]

  The NEXT School at Eagle Ridge predicts it will open August 15 with an enrollment between 180 and 200 students.  In the meantime, the community is invited to meet the faculty at a popcorn picnic at 6:30 Tuesday night, July 26 at the school in Salem.  Watermelon will also be served and there were will be games and music.  […]