Category: News

Organizers of the next State of Oconee Luncheon have called on the county’s first-year director of economic development to keynote the 2013 event. Richard Blackwell will give his view of how Oconee County is positioned to succeed and tell what still needs to be done. The luncheon, sponsored by the chambers of commerce, takes place 11:30 a-m to 1 p-m […]

Let’s say you’re driving in Walhalla and are new to the area, and you want to find one or a number of Oconee County’s tourist and recreation spots. Ken Sloan has done some thinking on this, and he believes he has the solution. The director of the Mountain Lakes CVB is asking the leaders of the county’s three largest municipalities […]

A fundraiser by Tamassee-Salem Elementary School for a former student, now undergoing cancer treatments, paid off today. A check for $2,208.00 was presented to the family of Alayna Cobb. Alayna, now a sixth grader at Tamassee-Salem Middle School, was diagnosed during Thanksgiving week and is currently taking chemotherapy. Accompanying the check was a box of paper chains to allow Alayna […]

A state lawmaker admitted today his motivation to offer H.3174 is partly due to a failed attempt to convert Walhalla’s historic newspaper building into apartments for seniors who could forsake driving for walks across downtown. The project fell apart when a city regulatory board denied a zoning variance. But Rep. Bill Whitmire said a dispute over whether Old St. John’s […]

Westminster leaders welcomed new city employee Josh Griffin to their meeting last night and were quick to express gratitude for his work as a sewer department supervisor. Griffin was singled out by Councilman Reid Adams, among others, for his take-charge work running a crew whose responsibility is to reduce the inflow and infiltration that seeps into the city’s sewer lines. […]

After today, you can call him Second Lieutenant Henry “Deek” Biemann. At Clemson University, this morning Biemann is scheduled to be commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U-S Army. Biemann, who has made a four-year commitment to serve as an Army nurse, is awaiting orders. But, for the foreseeable future, he’ll able to continue his part-time service as a Walhalla […]

A farmers market at a new Walhalla location is to be a reality in 2013. On the motion of James Powell, the city council last night approved an agreement to lease the corner lot at Main and N. Spring streets to allow local farmers to hawk their produce, in a season to run June to September. Powell says details remain […]

Those who intend to develop the former Oconee Courthouse into a lodging facility have begun to consider companies to manage the inn, once it is remodeled. Walhalla city councilman James Powell, whose father is one of the developers, announced at last night’s council meeting that a management company from Lynchburg and Williamsburg, Virginia spent yesterday looking at the building, touring […]

The S.C. Highway Patrol has issued an explanation for yesterday morning’s fatal crash on highway 59, not far from the interstate. A spokesman for the patrol said a car driven southbound by James Rufus Brown, 79, of Willie Road, Fair Play attempted a left turn from S.C. 59 onto Brandon Drive when the collision occurred. The patrol identified the other […]