Category: News

The airports in Oconee and Pickens counties will share in more than $1.2 billion in safety and infrastructure grants awarded today by the Trump administration.  The announcement was made by Elaine Chao, secretary of transportation.  In all, 405 airports benefit in 50 states and six U-S territories.  Oconee’s Regional Airport is to receive $191,300 to buy property for development; the […]

Oconee’s Chau Ram Park near Westminster remains closed until 3 o’clock this afternoon while workers install a new drainage culvert near the park main gate.  Phil Shirley, director of the PRT, says, “We apologize for the inconvenience and expect to open back up around 3 pm.”

The COVID-19 pandemic can be very confusing for travelers. As Carolinians look to Labor Day and the upcoming autumn and holiday seasons, many are still questioning how the pandemic will affect the various elements of their trip. “Labor Day is typically the last big hurrah for the summer travel season,” said Tiffany Wright, spokesperson, AAA – The Auto Club Group […]

Clemson University has announced rules for fans to follow for the football season opener September 19, but what about the city of Clemson which regulates where fans may tailgate in the city limits?  Expectation is that fans will take up the allotted 19,000 seats in the stadium, but an unknown is how many others will simply show to be close […]

At the start of the second week of school, a Seneca High student became the second student at his school to be diagnosed with COVID-19.  The other diagnosis was reported Wednesday last week.  According to a note attached to the county district’s website, test results do not necessarily mean others have been exposed within a school building.  So far,  six […]

A 9 o’clock hour accident last night near Walhalla injured a car driver, although reports indicate the injuries did not appear to be serious.  The fire department reported the accident on n. highway 11 in the vicinity of the Nason Plant.  It appeared the car left the two-lane highway and hit a guardrail.

August in the Golden Corner was a relatively cool month, according to the official records of Walhalla’s U-S weather observer.  Barbara Wilson says you have to go back to the 1st of August for the month’s high temperature of 94 degrees.  Nearly 12 inches of rain fell in Walhalla during August, and there was measured rain on 18 of the […]

A deal has been struck to remove 9.5 metric tons of weapons grade plutonium from the Savannah River Plant at Aiken, and the district’s congressional representative is making known his approval.  Rep. Jeff Duncan, Laurens Republican, issued a statement on the agreement announced between South Carolina and the Department of Energy.  “I’ve been fighting for solutions to this problem for […]

Each year Walhalla’s large outdoor festival, Oktoberfest, falls on the third weekend of October.  Whether or not there will even be an Oktoberfest at all during the pandemic will be decided during a meeting tomorrow.  Stacy Jackson of the Oktoberfest Committee says he’ll make the announcement as soon as tomorrow evening’s meeting is finished.  Meantime, organizers of the annual Miss […]

Seneca’s state lawmaker looked ahead today to a special September session of the General Assembly and an eventual decision on a state budget delayed by the pandemic.  Rep. Bill Sandifer is aware of projections that, in spite of pandemic costs, there will still be a surplus of money to spend.  Asked where he’d like to see surplus funds spent, the […]