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South Carolina DHEC acknowledges an update made in the middle of last month by the Centers for Disease Control and yesterday issued a batch of new recommendations to South Carolinians to further protect against the spread of COVID-19.  “We continue to learn more about how COVID-19 affects South Carolina communities as it spreads across our state,” says Dr. Michael Kacka, […]

Fire broke out early last night in rural Mountain Rest.  The fire destroyed a house on Jerry Creek Road near the Land’s Bridge Road.  No one hurt.  Fire fighters are reported to have remained at the scene of that fire for nearly three hours.

Whether South Carolina voters casting ballots by mail must include a witness’s signature equates to a tennis ball flying from one side of the net to the other.  And it has stark political overtones in this political season.  The Republican National Committee claims victory with a ruling yesterday that it says re-instates the witness requirement for mail-in ballots.  That, says […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental has updated its interim guidance on testing and isolation requirements following testing. The update was made after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s September 18, 2020, update of guidance on testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including for those without symptoms of COVID-19. “We continue to learn more about how COVID-19 affects […]

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 545 new confirmed cases and 4 additional confirmed deaths from COVID-19. There were 22 new Oconee County cases reported. This brings the total number of SC confirmed cases to 147,116 and confirmed deaths to 3,258. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 4,947 (not […]

A welfare check by a Walhalla police officer resulted in charges of unlawful neglect against two people.  Law enforcement records released show the arrests of Kaitlyn Elizabeth Worley and Cameron Shawn Worley.  Each of the Worleys is charged with multiple cases of unlawful neglect of a child/helpless person.  Affidavits to arrests warrants allege the Worleys had legal custody of a […]

The BASF plant near Seneca is the recipient of a supplier award for work and customer support during COVID-19.  The award comes from Indiana-based Cummins, a company that designs, makes, and distributes engines, filtration and power generation products.  One of the products for which the Seneca BASF was recognized is the catalyst Zeolite, produced at Seneca and used by Cummins.

In a special meeting, Oconee school trustees are to discuss the process tomorrow to fill the seat of their chairman, Jerry Lee, who died last week.  The meeting is to take place at the noon hour tomorrow in the board conference room at district headquarters.  Accompanying the meeting announcement is word that, after conferring with the county elections director, determination […]

In this seventh month of the pandemic, Walhalla Fire Department is forced to cancel the annual “Boo in the Bay.”  Instead “Walhallaoween” activities will take place from 10 am to 6 pm on Halloween Day Saturday, October 31.  Children and their pets are invited to dress up in costume and visit the city’s Main Street.  COVID-19 and budget constraints also […]

It would be no stretch to say that the numbers from the state health agency were all over the page for the last three days.  But the Department of Health and Environmental Control blames a delay in the arrival of electronic laboratory reports.  Here are some of the highlighted figures:  For Friday, there were 256 new COVID cases statewide; for […]