Category: News

Open house at the new home of the office of Oconee Veterans Affairs takes place 2 to 4 this afternoon. The office recently moved to the large social services’ building on Walhalla’s Kenneth Street.

Four Oconee County rescuers made their way to the Ellicott Rock wilderness area to come to the aid of a hiker. Scott Krein, emergency services director, said the woman suffered a broken ankle. The hiker and her daughter were spending yesterday on the trail when the mother fell. The daughter signaled another hiker for help. That hiker, after walking three […]

First-term Congressman Jeff Duncan has seen his Iran legislation sail through the Senate by unanimous consent. A Republican senator from Florida made what Duncan’s Washington office describes as a technical change to the bill, and it’s now back to the House for a final vote. Then the bill goes to the desk of President Obama. Duncan describes the Western Hemisphere […]

The search has started to replace Sandra Jones as the new director of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce in Seneca. Jones, a Chickasaw Point, resident has resigned after two years to become general manager of the Foxwood Hills development, next door to Chickasaw Point.

In Pickens County, 19 people have been arrested on various drug charges spelled out in 66 warrants. The charges include the sale of marijuana, sale of a controlled substance, and sale within proximity to a school or a daycare. According to an announcement by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Department, eleven of yesterday’s arrests are Clemson University students. Law enforcement authorities […]

A hiker apparently broke an ankle today in the vicinity of the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery near S.C. 107. And that has necessitated a response from the rescue division of Oconee Emergency Services.

A national health advocacy group has named the Pickens County public health director a “public health hero.” The honor from the United Health Foundation goes to Matt Petrofes, director of DHEC’s Region 2 Public Health Office which, besides Pickens, serves Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg and Union counties. DHEC Director Catherine Templeton credits Petrofes this way: “Matt knows that good health starts […]

In a re-organization of the State Senate, Oconee’s Thomas Alexander rose yesterday to the chair of the Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee. Such appointments in the Senate are based on seniority, and Alexander says he could never have achieved the position without the support of the voters of District One, who have elected him every time since 1994. Not lost […]

Two leaders of “FOLKS”—Friends of Lake Keowee—sat at the front of a recent forum on lake levels and, for the most part, sat quietly. Since the November 15 forum, they’ve been getting questions as to why the organization did not support a petition calling for no Lake Keowee water level changes. The answer, according to Bob Swank and Ben Turetsky, […]

A science teacher at Seneca High School, Stephen Hudson, has been chosen as the only South Carolina teacher for a year-long professional development program. As a fellow in the New Science Academy of the National Science Teachers Association, Hudson will join 243 other teachers from across the country in a program that promotes quality science teaching, enhances teacher confidence and […]