Category: News

359 news cases, six in Oconee. 38 new deaths statewide. South Carolina positivity is 6.4%, based on the results of 14,211 new tests.

City of Clemson government phone lines are down due to AT&T line repairs. Emergency phone crews are working on the issue. To contact city hall dial 864-710-6986. Clemson Police Department’s main telephone lines are down. All 911 lines have been transferred to a backup 911 center. If you need to contact the Clemson Police Department non-emergency line, please dial 864-444-3319. […]

Sumter National Forest fire crews responded to a wildfire yesterday near Callas Mountain on Hwy 28 approx., 2.5 miles NW of Mountain Rest and 3.5 miles from the GA state line at the Russell Bridge. The fire has grown to approximately 125 acres and is on the Sumter National Forest. The Callus Mountain Fire was reported yesterday afternoon, and the […]

At their meeting next week, Oconee County Council will be asked to consider adding another professional to the investigation of deaths in the county.  Coroner Karl Addis recommends $65 thousand a year (no benefits included) to employ a medical examiner/forensic pathologist.  According to the county council office, “extenuating circumstances” make it not in the county’s best interests to renew an […]

A Clemson Extension agent, Kerrie Roach, will help interested Oconeeans next week start vegetable gardens.  Oconee Public Library has arranged a Zoom meeting on Tuesday to learn how to be more self-sufficient by starting a garden.  A garden can save you money that you would spend at supermarkets and allow you to be more self-sufficient.  According to the library, it […]

This is National Promposal Day, and Oconee County high school students may make dates, knowing that proms are being planned this year.  Jennifer Dodd, spokesman for the Oconee district, says each of the county’s three high schools is working out the details. Proms last year were a casualty of what then were rising cases of COVID-19.

The Army Corps of Engineers resumes collecting day-use and boat launching fees starting tomorrow at Lake Hartwell, including the Twin Lakes recreation area in Pickens County.  No longer will cash be accepted.  Automated fee machines have been installed at seven Lake Hartwell locations.  The automated stations, paid for by CARES Act  funding, eliminate the need to collect cash and reduce […]

  There’s still fire on the mountain.  Here’s a 101.7/WGOG NEWS clarification.  The highway 28/Callas Mountain fire is contained, but not quite out.  A fire fighter tells us this is a key day to finally stop the fire that apparently started by the side of the highway yesterday afternoon, 1.5 miles north of the Mountain Rest Post Office.

The 1.9T COVID bill has gained the approval of both houses of congress, and awaits the signature of President Biden.  There’s money in it for relief checks to many Americans, money to benefit those who’ve lost employment in the pandemic.  But South Carolina’s Jeff Duncan, who voted no, warns the public not to be fooled.  The U-S Republican representative to […]

Seneca fire fighters put out a large trash fire late yesterday afternoon in the backyard of a Utica home on Humbert Street.  No one hurt.  According to the fire department, the fire originated from some kind of dispute, which the sheriff’s office is looking into.  A large wild fire that burned at mid afternoon north of SC 28/the Highlands Highway […]