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The West Union mayor welcomes a new business to her town.  Tucker Materials is open for business in a building on Railroad Street.  Mayor Oliver says Tucker is in the business of building supplies.

In the controversy over the path that a Walhalla greenway would follow, there are questions about existing buildings in the public right-of-way on S. Broad Street.  A Facebook post by Julian Stouremire, retired city attorney and former mayor, that addresses the original plat that laid out Walhalla as a town.  The plat, he says, shows S. Broad with a width […]

In the coming days, a routine refueling of Unit 3 at Oconee Nuclear will take place — which means the electric utility will play host to a number of additional workers.  Mikayla Kreuzberger, a Duke Energy spokeswoman, says it’s a scheduled outage for Unit #3 and will require a few weeks.  She says, “There will be heavier-than-normal traffic in the […]

You can’t blame the seniors of Oconee’s three high schools if they are feeling the excitement, along with some apprehension, as graduation day approaches.  It’s Saturday, May 28 for local high schools.  At Walhalla High, Principal Steve Garrett says a couple of traditional events are bringing home the reality that diploma day is near.  They include the annual senior walk […]

CITY OF WESTMINSTER 2022 MOSQUITO SPRAYING SCHEDULE:   Friday, May 13 Friday, May 27 Friday, June 10 Friday, June 24 Friday, July 8 Friday, July 22 Friday, August 5 Friday, August 19 Friday, September 2 Friday, September 16   If you have bee hives, notification must be given to the City of Seneca at 864-885-2750. Reasons for not spraying include […]

At their meeting this week, the commissioners of Oconee PRT will see and hear budget numbers.  Thursday’s agenda of the county Parks, Recreation and Tourism group includes $437,312 for FY 23 supplemental ATAX budget, as well as ATAX fund numbers for the county department Visit Oconee.  Thursday’s meeting starts at 12 noon.

The mayor and council in Clemson will have a look tomorrow at the huge, new complex of high-rise housing under construction on U-S 123, the Tiger Boulevard.  The city announces that at 8:30 tomorrow morning the elected officials will join a tour of the Dockside project.  It is to be an informal get together of the council; no action to […]

Danny Edwards, Walhalla mayor, says the three city councilmen who voted against funding the greenway do not want the project for their city — even if the money to pay for it came from other sources.  Edwards reacted Friday to the positions of councilmen Keehn, Jordan, and Underwood that it’s unfair to apply monies from the water department to a […]

A Long Creek customer of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative was grand prize winner in this week’s festivities for Blue Ridge’s annual membership meeting.  Alton Barnett II won a 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck.  He and some 6,400 Blue Ridge customers registered this week for the annual meeting, highlighted by the CEO’s report.  Incumbent members of the board of directors […]

A Fair Play man, the object of a search this week in northeast Georgia, was placed in the Oconee County jail.  County arrest records show Timothy Chad Merck charged with kidnapping, assault and battery first degree, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and pointing and presenting firearms at a person.  After being alerted about a suspicious vehicle near […]