Category: News

The Western Upstate Association of REALTORS applied, and has been awarded, a$150,000.00 grant from the REALTORS Relief Foundation of the National Association of REALTORS. This disaster relief grant is for the purpose of providing housing assistance to the families impacted by the tornado disaster in Oconee and Pickens Counties. The maximum applicant grant amount is capped at $1,000.00 per household. You […]

Duke Energy has announced major improvements at Devils Fork State Park in Oconee County, to help manage growing interest in the state’s only public access to Lake Jocassee. Among them are:   At Double Springs boat-in camping area The development of 12 new boat-in sites The relocation of the original 13 sites to more scenic spots A new composting toilet […]

If you’d like to cast an absentee ballot today and not have to wait in line, this morning might be a good opportunity.  We’re told, that as of a few minutes ago, there are no voter lines at Pine Street.  Another reason to possibly make your way today to the office of elections is that next week–the last full week–before […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) alerted participants of the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program today to stay alert for phishing and fraud attempts today. Scam attempts can be made over the phone, by mail or email, text or in person. This particular phishing attempt involves text messages instructing participants to mail in their eWIC card […]

A board of judges for Oconee said no last night to a special zoning exception to allow a large storage unit business on SC 130/the Rochester Highway in the vicinity of Newry and a number of lakefront home developments.  It was a highly emotional issue that played out for two and a half hours inside the chambers of the Oconee […]

Should SC 130, the Rochester Highway, qualify as the location for a new storage unit facility in Oconee.  The debate is being waged by both sides tonight during an appeals hearing in Walhalla.  The appeals board will weigh whether Keowee Climate Controlled Storage is deserving of a special exception to allow the project.  And the board is getting an earful […]

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 156 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 4 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 10,788 and those who have died to 470. The deaths occurred in 4 elderly individuals from Chesterfield (1), Fairfield (1), […]

Oconee County and South Carolina share an identical unemployment rate.  The figures that State Senator Thomas Alexander made known today show 12.1% unemployment in both the county and across the state.  And in the case of Oconee, an additional 340 residents filed first claims for unemployment during May 17-23.  Today Tim Scott, South Carolina’s junior U-S senator, expressed alarm that […]

101.7/WGOG was back on the air after a power outage that lasted about one hour and started around 11:30 this morning.  The Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative apparently was flooded with calls from affected customers.  According to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, nearly 240 of its customers were affected in the Walhalla area.

The devastating tornado that re-arranged parts of Seneca in April highlights added focus to this year’s contest to make children and everyone better aware of the dangers of severe weather events.  This is the 35th year that Oconee school children have made posters to spread tornado awareness.  A fourth grader at Westminster’s Orchard Park Elementary School, Kamiyah Waddell, is the […]