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Water customers will see their service interrupted next week in a Westminster neighborhood. The city has announced the outage, starting at 8 o’clock Monday morning, will affect customers in the vicinity of Mountain View and England streets. They’ll be a changing a fire hydrant. Water should be out there for about four hours.
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Oconee Memorial Hospital officials viewed a visit by their U-S congressman as an opportune time to impress on the lawmaker the continuing challenges that small, rural hospitals face. Those challenges have much to do with smaller re-imbursements to cover Medicare and Medicaid payments. Yet nearly a year into joining Greenville Health System, the financial picture for Oconee Memorial is better, […]
Read moreUntil yesterday, the last time Congressman Jeff Duncan had seen the Oconee Memorial Hospital was 2009 during his first campaign for the U-S House of Representatives. On his return visit yesterday, Duncan was anxious to catch up—specifically how the hospital fares as part of a larger operation, the Greenville Health System. Going into his tour yesterday, Duncan was aware that […]
Read moreOn a visit to Seneca, Congressman Jeff Duncan weighed in on last month’s fatal shooting of a young man by a policeman. Duncan’s response to questions asked by 101.7/WGOG NEWS came on the same day of the news that the FBI has started a civil rights investigation into the death of Zachary Hammond. Duncan says he supports law enforcement, […]
Read moreA water line is behind the decision to raise taxes in West Union. Mayor Linda Oliver says town council last night agreed to raise the tax rate by 2.3 mills this year to generate money to help offset the cost of a replacement water line in the vicinity of Burns Mill Road. The plan is to apply for a grant […]
Read moreThe parents of Zachary Hammond are holding a news conference this afternoon at Greenville. Their attorney, Eric Bland, says Angie and Paul Hammond will make some brief statements and answer questions. The news conference comes amid reports that the couple will ask the FBI to join the investigation of their son’s death.
Read moreChanges that the Oconee Planning Commission is considering to the county’s comprehensive plan are fair game for discussion during a series of community meetings that begin tomorrow night. The first will be in Fair Play at 6 o’clock at the Community Center, in the former public school building. Ryan Honea, Fair Play resident and member of the planning commission, invites […]
Read moreA second man is declaring his intentions to run this year for Walhalla mayor. It’s a four-year office to be decided by city voters in November. The newest candidate is Lakeside Drive resident Dennis Owens. Owens says he sees good things ahead for Walhalla with Streetscape and the Palmetto Trail and, as a retiree, believes he has the time to […]
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Since the state legislature removed the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State House, in the aftermath of the Charleston shootings, the display of the flag has often been flown from cars and trucks belonging to private individuals. In Walhalla this morning, one man displayed the flag from the back of his moped. What made him unusual is […]
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Within the next couple of days, the contractor predicts, work on Walhalla Streetscape will move to the north side of Main Street. According to Hutch ‘N Son, traffic control devices will be transferred to the north side of Main at Catherine Street to start the demolition of the block on the north side from Catherine to College. Rain has hampered […]
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