Category: News

Oconee Landfill and Recycling Centers #1-10 are announcing the Thanksgiving week schedule.  They are open today through Wednesday and closed on both Thursday and Friday.  #11 Long Creek center, however, remains closed.  Normal business hours resume on Saturday.

For the benefit of Oconee Hurricane Helene victims, representatives of two federal agencies are in place this week at the county’s designated disaster recovery center.  The two agencies are FEMA — the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and the SBA — the Small Business Administration.  FEMA offers grants to Helene’s victims, while the SBA offers loans to impacted businesses and […]

A new South Carolina government agency director requires no introduction to Oconee County and the Golden Corner.  Tom Mullikin, retired major general, was tapped recently to be the new director of the state DNR.  Ken Sloan of Visit Oconee says Mullikin, a supporter of the Palmetto Trail, has spoken and visited in Oconee in connection with the trail that stretches […]

Walhalla makes known its Thanksgiving garbage pickup schedule. The following announcement by Russ Price, director of city public works:  For the week of Thanksgiving, Monday through Wednesday trash will be collected on schedule.  Those who normally would see Thursday pickup, your roll cart should be out by 7 o’clock Wednesday morning for pickup Wednesday.

Patients at the Clemson Health Clinic in Walhalla who demonstrate a risk for diabetes or heart disease are enrolled in VeggieRx, led by a registered dietician in partnership with FoodShare and Feed & Seed.  Participants receive 12 biweekly produce boxes and have access to monthly food demonstrations.  According to Clemson Rural Health, nearly 30% of participants achieved clinically significant changes […]

A nomadic-style home was a fire casualty Saturday in rural Franklin County,  Georgia.  Two fire departments responded, but could not save the yurt, a circular dwelling whose origins are Central Asia.  Nearby residents saw what appeared to be fire encircling the bottom of the yurt before the entire structure went up in flames.  WLHR Lavonia quotes sources as saying the […]

So far, in 2024, South Carolina has recorded 441 adoptions statewide.  And today is the state’s Adoption Day.  DSS expects to complete 62 additional adoptions and more are scheduled by December 31.  As Adoption Month began, 210 children in the foster care system were legally free to be adopted and awaited a permanent home.

A new campus facility fronting Lake Hartwell will bear the name of the family of two Clemson friends.  The soon-to-open family and alumni center will be known as the Nieri Family Alumni and Visitors Center, the result of the couple’s pledge of $12.5 million.  The new building next to the lake near the Madren Center replaces the current and near […]

Software enhancements are on the way to Seneca, and the upgrade will affect in-person transactions Wednesday, December 4.  Danielle Smith, city finance director, says the changes to the city’s accounting/ERP systems will allow data migration to cloud-based services — in place of data stored on site in computer servers.  Seneca City Hall will be open as usual, December 4.  Customer […]

According to a Facebook post by Matthew Durham, Oconee’s new shopping center on the Sandifer Boulevard will feature a Target as anchor store.  Phase 1 of what’s referred to as Thornwell Village shopping center, the county council chairman says, will also include four junior anchor tenants and five smaller shops, along with seven outparcels.  But speculation about two other prominent […]