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Nuclear power plants in Illinois, Connecticut, and Michigan are among the locations to be included for a study of their risk of cancer to surrounding populations. And, depending on what the government finds, will determine whether the study extends to Oconee Nuclear Station and remaining reactors in the country. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is implementing a National Academy of […]

A political forum tomorrow night in Seneca will be minus all of the drama of an Obama-Romney debate. Nonetheless, what the League of Women Voters has planned will spotlight a pair of county leadership positions for which hard tussles are being waged during this 2012 political year. Beginning at 7, in the Gignilliat Center, the public is invited to hear […]

During his life, Tom Brelsford became one of the most generous donors to the Oconee Medical Center Foundation and Hospice of the Foothills. And, now because of Brelsford’s thoughtfulness in his estate planning, the OMC foundation received a gift in excess of $138 thousand. “Mr Brelsford’s gift will never be spent but will be added to other gifts in our […]

Walhalla fire Department reports no determination yet as to why an empty house caught fire yesterday and burned to the ground. The fire, at 4 a-m, destroyed a two-story house on Thompson Street, which had been undergoing remodeling work.

What are described as fantastic old photographs are on display tonight at Duke’s World of Energy. Tyler Howe will lead a 6:30 forum on the Cherokee Indian heritage in the area. Howe serves as tribal historic preservation specialist for the Eastern Band of the Cherokees. Light refreshments will be offered at 6.

Steady growth and improvement by the Seneca High School Band is paying dividends this fall. By its 10th place finish last weekend at the upper state finals, the Seneca band competes this Saturday in the state finals. Sixteen years have passed since the Seneca band competed in the the Class 3-A finals. The band is directed by Matt Smith and […]

U-S Engine Valve/Nittan Valve made a $15 thousand donation to the Tri-County Technical College Foundation to purchase a milling machine for the Oconee Quick Jobs Center. The gift will support classes taught at the center. U-S Engine Valve has been a member of the college’s Center for Workforce Excellence since 1989 and a supporter of the college foundation, having endowed […]

Funeral services have been planned for a 20 year old Clemson student who died in a Sunday in a automobile accident.  Funeral services for 20 year old Kohleigh Michelle Hunt died Sunday afternoon in a multi car accident on highway 24 at the intersection of Hunt Road and Coneross Creek Road.  Ms. Hunt was a Senior at Clemson University and […]

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is hoping to clarify the laws regarding baiting. The department says recent decisions by a Greenwood County magistrate and the state Attorney General’s Office have overturned the long standing prohibition against hunting deer over bait on private lands in the Upstate.  The DNR says those recent decisions lend themselves to the conclusion that […]

Officials with Clemson University say a new task force is being formed to help make the campus a smoke free campus by 2014.  George Clay, the Executive director of Student Health Services at Clemson says the college recognizes the trend among higher education to go tobacco free, and its time Clemson does the same thing.  The school has already banned […]