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As long as current supply lasts, Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital is accommodating walk-ins for first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.  The entrance for the vaccine clinic is the Outpatient Entrance of the hospital.  You should park in the Outpatient parking lot and walk-in under the Outpatient canopy.  The clinic is on the first floor of the Patient Tower.  For the […]

The Andrew Pickens Ranger District of the Sumter National Forest is announcing an upcoming road and aquatic habitat improvement project.  Partnering with the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service, crews will replace a culvert on the Cherokee Road (also known as Winding Stairs Road).  During the three-week project, Cherokee Road will be closed for thru traffic.  According to the forest service […]

A Townville man arrested in Anderson County is accused of stealing a $75 thousand dollar car belonging to Lake Keowee Chrysler Dodge.  The accused, 19-year old Hunter Anderson-Stockton, was jailed in Oconee Tuesday night and charged with grand larceny.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office credits an Anderson County deputy for a traffic stop on highway 24 and the recovery of a […]

On yesterday’s state health agency report:  2,261 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 across South Carolina, including 34 from Oconee County.  New deaths reported statewide:  88.  Two of those deaths were Oconee County elderly residents.  They died on January 7 and 22.  The latest measurement of positive tests (10,470) showed that for every 100 South Carolinians who took the test, 25 […]

South Carolina may be on the short end when it comes to vaccine allocation but when it comes to administering the shots, the state gets a top ranking—according to a national report which DHEC called attention to yesterday.  The report was compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review, a national forum for healthcare information.  It found that South Carolina was number 10 […]

As the COVID vaccine becomes more widely available in the coming months, Prisma Health wants to ensure people’s  questions about the vaccine are answered.  You can join Prisma for a 12-1pm live town hall discussion today with a panel of Prisma Health experts who will address common questions about the vaccine and also answer questions from the audience. The community […]

Prisma Health announces that, starting today, it will resume accepting walk-ins for the vaccine, as long as its limited supply of doses last.  The walk-ins are being allowed at multiple locations, including Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Further details are explained by the Prisma Health co-chair of the system’s vaccine task force, Dr. Soccocio, and she can be heard during […]

Prisma Health has partnered with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, the South Carolina National Guard, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and the South Carolina Hospital Association to create Regional COVID-19 Recovery Units – essentially, shared recovery units to serve all the hospitals in that region during a surge. The initial units, based in Prisma […]

Oconee County Council has begun the process to convert an emergency order to an ordinance that requires facial coverings in certain county offices and facilities.  It is not an ordinance, as explained by the county attorney, that would apply to anyone in the county outside county offices or facilities—just at those places operated by county government.  Nevertheless, the ordinance process […]

The chairman of Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority has removed from the table, at least for the next few months, any notion that its member cities should pay more for wastewater treatment.  Chairman Scott Moulder, the Seneca administrator, conceded that the idea of a 20% increase in the annual charge to his city and Walhalla and Westminster caught commissioners of […]