Author: Dick Mangrum

Whether you call it a fee or a tax, a suggestion that’s included in the proposed new budget for Walhalla would create a fund for the city to pay for transportation and infrastructure projects. The suggestion received by the mayor and the council at their budget workshop is a $30 dollar annual road fee that would be paid by the […]

Oconee County is expected to look to the federal government for a six-figure grant to further organize the county effort to combat the scourge of substance abuse. An application for a grant of up to $600 thousand occupies a big part of the agenda for the Tuesday night, May 19 county council meeting. The council is being told of the […]

The Oconee Regional Airport has a chance to help make up revenues lost to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its meeting next week, the county council will be asked to ratify and authorize the county administrator’s application for a “CARES” act grant for the airport. It’s possible the airport could be approved for a grant of up to […]

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.