Category: News

The Sumter National Forest proposes to replace 59 road-stream crossings, 26 of which are in the Andrew Pickens District.  An inventory of crossings has determined that many impede or prevent fish movements in streams.  All of the crossings are on Forest Service land, but some are on state and county jurisdiction roads.  The Forest Service promises that they won’t replace […]

  Clemson University credits a student majoring in bio-engineering with strides toward a career that has been male-dominated.  She’s Ashley Babinchak, who arrived at Clemson with an interest in biology and engineering.  And now Ashley has been accepted a summer intern with the medical device company Arthrex.  She’ll be an intern at the company’s headquarters in Naples, Florida.

  Neither a tornado nor the continuing impact of the world pandemic has stopped an Oconee County effort to promote healthy food and lifestyle choices.  A year ago county council members, community leaders and advocates were invited for an Oconee County food summit.  Last week, according to Walhalla Councilwoman Sarai Melendez, the county was one of six in South Carolina […]

In today’s DHEC report:  562 new cases of COVID in South Carolina.  Nine of those are Oconee County cases.  Statewide the new death toll for the last 24 hour counting period:  four individuals.  Of 20,552 test results, the positivity was 3.7%.

A disabled truck and trailer, transporting a front end loader, made for a slow go today on 123 at Seneca’s Lindsay Road.  For a few hours around noon time, Clemson-bound traffic had to proceed slowly on one lane as personnel worked to remove the disabled truck trailer.

The food box program “Farmers to Families” of the USDA returns tomorrow to Westminster.  While supplies last, members of the public may drive up to the parking lot of the Westminster Depot at 129 Main Street beginning at 9:30 am.  One box per vehicle is the requirement.  Making possible tomorrow’s food giveaway is the city of Westminster and Oconee First […]

Because of increasing mortality reports for Pine Siskins and other species, the South Carolina DNR requests the public take down bird feeders until early spring.  While Pine Siskins are more susceptible than other species to getting sick from dirty bird feeders, there has been an increase in the last several weeks of reports DNR has from across the state. Those […]

A correction has been made to the phone number to make appointments for COVID-19 tests at the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Here’s the corrected phone number, as supplied this morning to 101.7/WGOG NEWS:  1/864-482-3701. Starting today, COVID tests at the hospital have switched to 105 Omni Drive, Suite B on the medical campus.  To now receive a test, an […]

The city of Walhalla marks another year today.  Calling attention to Walhalla’s 171st birthday is the retired newspaper editor, Ashton Hester.  On his Facebook page, Hester writes the city’s March 8 birthday means that “ONLY FOUR MORE YEARS TO THE BIG 1-7-5.”

Someone has been posing as a poll taker, claiming to be employed by Duke Energy.  The Oconee County sheriff, Mike Crenshaw, says it is a scam, and he is advising county residents to be aware for anyone who shows up at the door without verifying his or her identity or have not scheduled in advance any visit from a Duke […]