Category: News

Duke Energy believes upgrades at Oconee’s Bad Creek pumped storage facility are going to help meet increasing energy needs across the Carolinas.  The upgrades to the facility in Oconee’s northwest corner, Duke says, add 320 megawatts of carbon-free energy to its system and bring to 1,680 megawatts Bad Creek’s capacity.  The utility is working toward extending Bad Creek’s license.  It […]

A caller purported to be a public defender, but an alert grandfather determined it was an attempt to scam.  According to Oconee Sheriff’s Office, what happened was an attempt to scam a grandparent out of $15 thousand dollars by a scammer who falsely claimed he was a public defender and the man’s granddaughter had been jailed and needed $15 thousand […]

The public may meet-and-greet Republican candidates for local and state offices in an event, not long before voting on primary election day.  Oconee Republicans invites all those interested for a meet-and-greet BBQ 11 am to 2 pm Saturday, June 1 at South Cove County Park near Seneca.  The candidates will make presentations during the meal and be available to answer […]

Until 2 o’clock this past Saturday afternoon, barbecue was served as a fundraiser in front of the Walhalla Boy Scout Troop 45 Hut.  It’s an annual event, to which people flock for the barbecue plates and the fixings.  Jeremy Garland, the first-year scoutmaster, says 100% of the proceeds are plowed back into the scouting program and its emphasis on developing […]

After a search warrant yesterday, two Seneca men were in custody in an Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation that started last Friday after shots were fired from a vehicle at a home on Sirrine Street in Utica. The men arrested are Standestin Lamar Earl and Daylyn Christopher Kennel.  Twenty-two-year-old Earl faces charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, […]

No one has rushed to the top to take the head reins of the Oconee County Municipal Association.  West Union Mayor Linda Oliver says the latest attempt to elect a new chairperson of the association of municipal leaders has failed and, for the time being, the vice-chair, Westminster City Councilman Jimmy Powell, will act as the association leader.  The group […]

An opening on the West Union police force will be filled Monday when Mayor Oliver swears in a new officer.  At 10 Monday morning at town hall, Brennan Ivey officially becomes a member of the West Union Police Department.  

Seneca’s Board of Architectural Review meets Monday to consider applications for three certificates of appropriateness.  Before the board will be project requests at the following locations:  119 N. Townville Street, 111 Ramcat Alley, and 217 Main Street.  The board hearings start at 6 Monday evening at city hall.

According to South Carolina DHEC, a large manufacturing operation wants “a significant modification” to its Title V operating permit.  The manufacturing operation is BASF in the Reedy Fork Community.  Title V operating permit is a federal program to standardize air quality permits and the permit process for major sources of emissions.  In the case of Seneca’s BASF, South Carolina DHEC […]