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Drought Response Committee (DRC) met on March 5, 2026, to evaluate drought conditions statewide. The DRC is the state’s major drought decision-making entity and determines drought severity as defined by the S.C. Drought Response Act to protect the state’s natural resources. The act establishes four levels of drought: incipient, moderate, severe, and extreme. For more information about the DRC and the SC Drought Response Program, visit […]

(At 2:30 this afternoon) A grass and woods fire at Keowee Key and, we’re told, that at least part of the fire has spread to the golf course.  No other details available.

The mayor and council of West Union to get answers next week from representatives of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  Perhaps, chief among them the part, if any, the small town will play in the new authority when it comes about.  Before the start of the March town council meeting, JRSA representatives are to be there to hear concerns and […]

Today is the last day to apply to fill the vacant job of Walhalla police chief.  Mayor Hall said, so far, they’ve counted 11 applications and consider those to be from “quality” individuals.  The police committee will evaluate the field, before recommending the hiring of the Tim Rice replacement.  In the meantime, officer Austin Watson serves as interim police chief.

When the U-S recently won the Olympic gold in ice hockey, there was at least one local viewer rooting for his home country, Canada.  He’s Oconee County resident Robert Picard who played several years in the National Hockey League, after having been drafted by the Washington Capitals in 1977.  And while watching the Gold Medal game, 68-year-old Picard wore his […]

A rumor that Oconee County will take over the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department was branded “false” last night by Wayne Smith, chairman of the board of the special fire tax district.  For contract and budget personnel matters, the board quickly adjourned last night’s special meeting to executive session and invited two county officials to join them:  deputy county administrator Phil Shirley […]

Walhalla’s defending state champs left today for Columbia, with the support of the community, including a turnout of many well-wishers. The Lady Razors will take on a Keenan High team in Columbia tomorrow afternoon in the basketball game to decide this year’s state 3-A championship.  Flanked by a student body turnout, the Lady Razors boarded their bus, which wound its […]

Operating a cell phone while driving a vehicle is now forbidden in South Carolina, and 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that at least two citations have been issued in Oconee County, as part of the new Hands-Free law, according to a quick survey by Chief Magistrate Will Derrick has done involving the county’s magistrate offices.  Until Saturday, when law enforcement saw […]

A major footprint of Seneca’s downtown – the former Bergen Department Store – officially changed hands this week in a $1.4 million deal. The buyers have been identified to 101.7/WGOG NEWS as two Pendleton area residents.