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For at least this summer, Westminster will get out of the public swimming pool service. The decision to not open for the summer of 2013 was taken last night during a special city council meeting. City Administrator David Smith said the issue was resolved during a discussion of recreation priorities, and it was based on two factors. One is the […]

The extension by Congress of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program means federal unemployment will continue for thousands of South Carolinians. However, because of the recent continued decline in the state’s unemployment rate, South Carolina has triggered off Tier 4. According to the Department of Employment and Workforce, it means those Tier 3 claimants, who exhaust Tier 3 either on or […]

Gun theft charges have been pinned on a 43-year old Oconee County man. Sheriff’s officers early Tuesday arrested Joey Liston Smith of Beverly Road, Salem on charges of larceny and burglary first degree. The officers acted on a complaint that four guns were taken late last year from an address near Salem, on Bennettsville Road. Reported stolen were .12-gauge shotgun, […]

After last week’s meth bust, a sign has been placed at 2 Keowee Street in Walhalla stating, “Unsafe environment to be in.” Announcement of the sign placed at the home by the city’s building codes officer was made during last night’s meeting of the city council. Four people were arrested there. Councilman Tjay Bagwell introduced the idea of fining landlords […]

Parts of Walhalla temporarily lost electric power service last night in the vicinity of the civic auditorium. All service has been restored.  

Robert Bennett is Walhalla’s Police Officer of the Year. Chief Ronald Wilbanks made the announcement last night at City Hall. A plaque depicting Bennett’s accomplishment will remain at the police station.  

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 […]