Author: Dick Mangrum

A quick fix may change your decision if you applied for FEMA help following South Carolina’s April 13 storms and you disagree with your determination letter. Everybody has a right to appeal. Read your determination letter carefully to understand FEMA’s decision and know exactly what you need to do for your appeal. Often applicants just need to submit some extra […]

Like Seneca, Walhalla is continuing to move out of the lockdown of the COVID-19 virus.  Walhalla’s Brandon Burton announces that starting today, the ball fields and playgrounds at Sertoma Field off N. Catherine Street are re-opening for public use. Burton hints more re-openings are possible for Monday.

As Walhalla starts to transition from a 60-year old treatment plant to one that’ll draw raw water from a clear and freshwater lake, there’s concern in the county seat as to just who will be there to run it. The coronavirus pandemic forced Greenville to virtually quarantine that city’s full-time staff which has had the effect of eliminating Walhalla’s part-time […]

Brent Taylor, the Walhalla city administrator, has been authorized to sign a change order that will raise the cost of the city’s new water treatment plant by $215 thousand. The mayor and council authorized the change order last evening after hearing representatives of the general contractor account for unforeseen “enhancements” to the project. Among obstacles encountered by the builders: “a […]

Traffic on 123 bound from Clemson toward Greenville is backed up at this hour–apparently the result of what state trooper says is an accident involving injuries.  The U-S 123 accident was logged in around 3:30 pm, and we’ve just heard from one motorist who can see the backup.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 172 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and nine additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 8,189 and those who have died to 371. Five of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Fairfield (2), Greenwood (1), […]

Seneca is announcing plans, with restrictions, to re-open certain facilities.  Starting Monday, City Hall will open to those with legitimate business concerns.  Social distancing will be strictly observed.  Public restrooms will be off limits.  Same applies to the Shaver Recreation Center.  City museums will remain closed.  The fire department will remain closed to public access, but the police station will […]

Unemployment rolls across the country are remindful of the depression, but here in the Golden Corner the number of first time claimants has dropped for another week.  Today’s report from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce showed 356 initial claims filed by Oconeeans for the week ended May 9.  Earlier during COVID-19 the county numbers exceeded one thousand […]