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For the next year, there’ll be no change in Oconee County Council offices and committees. Joel Thrift returns as chairman; Paul Corbeil, as vice-chairman; and Wayne McCall, as chairman pro-tem. At its first meeting of the New Year, the council received a 120-page strategic plan for economic development. The report, by a New Hampshire company, is to serve as a […]

A report by the utilities superintendent, a day after being elected chair of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, was one of the top matters before the mayor and council, at their regular meeting of department committees. Scott Parris wanted to let the elected leaders know that neighboring Seneca seeks additional seats on the JRSA. Utilities chairman Josh Holliday and Mayor […]

In a meeting unprecedented for Seneca, city department heads, one after the one, stood before the mayor and council and relayed their greatest needs to ensure top quality services to the public for as long as the next 25 years. City Administrator Greg Dietterick orchestrated last night’s meeting at the former Kellett Elementary School, a building the city now owns […]

Walhalla’s utilities superintendent received the go-ahead last night to spend up to $2,500 on tests to determine what’s wrong with the water on a dead end street. Two Timberline Ridge residents complained to the mayor and council they’ve been forced to buy bottled water for drinking purposes and have contracted health problems from their shower water. Utilities superintendent Scott Parris […]

After a contractor mobilizes equipment tonight, crews go to work tomorrow to fix a sinkhole in Westminster. City utility crews today worked to isolate the washout that collapsed a small part of the Windsor Street pavement. What caused this? City Administrator David Smith, “I think you can chalk it up to aging infrastructure.”  

On the night of January 22 at Walhalla High, the focus will be on the first year of high school. The annual Freshmen Focus Parent Night for rising 9th graders will take place at 6 o’clock, featuring a meal in the cafeteria. Rising freshmen and their parents have the chance to meet administrators, faculty class sponsors and advisors to learn […]

From a budget that exceeded $100 million, Oconee public schools spent nearly $61 million on instruction. A breakdown of expenditures from the school district’s FY 2012 audit report shows 54% was spent on face-to-face teaching, which covers the costs of teachers, substitutes, and instructional assistants. During the school year that ended last June, the district spent $2.9 million on classroom […]

The S.C. State Law Enforcement Division is scheduled for an on-site assessment of a program to achieve accreditation by verifying it meets professional standards. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations, and support services. As a […]

Westminster utility crews are working to repair a washout that has created sinkhole conditions along Windsor Street. City Administrator David Smith says a two-to-three foot section of the asphalt street in front of Oconee Implements gave way to the pressure from below. So far, crews have traced a water leak that is channeling along a sewer line which, according to […]

The new Walhalla High School on highway 11, scheduled for a 2015 opening, will add 2,400 gallons of wastewater a day to be processed by the county’s Coneross Wastewater Treatment Plant in Seneca. The flow is to be metered by the city of Walhalla. Bob Winchester, executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, announced the projection during last night’s […]