Eye popping jobless numbers

Updated South Carolina unemployment numbers are astounding, when you compare them to the numbers of first-time claims that were filed only three weeks ago. During a webinar staged this morning by the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, State Senator Thomas Alexander announced that claims statewide have ballooned from nearly 65 thousand last week to 85 thousand this week. The Oconee-Pickens lawmaker […]

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Announcement for WIC clients

All Women Infant and Children (WIC) nutrition services will be issued remotely. Starting Monday, April 13, South Carolina WIC participants will no longer be required to visit WIC clinics, according to DHEC. Appointments and the issuance of nutritional services will instead be made over-the-phone.“We recognize that many South Carolinian families are facing hardships during this time,” said South Carolina State […]

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Man missing found safe in Florida

A police officer in Suwanee County, Florida told the Walhalla police this morning that the man reported missing yesterday from a Walhalla apartment complex has been located in a Florida hospital.  The Walhalla police quote the Florida police officer as saying Robert William Stevens is in a hospital there, being checked in the emergency room, and is OK. The Walhalla […]

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Prisma response to a South Carolina “hot spot”

Kershaw County unexpectedly became an early South Carolina’s hotspot for COVID-19 cases. KershawHealth hospital in Camden experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases in March, and Prisma Health transferred five ventilators to the Camden facility. The ventilators were rapidly put into service for critical patients who needed breathing support as they fought COVID-19. “We are proud to serve as a regional […]

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Tech’s 3-D printers churn out PPEs for health workers

The 3-D printers in Tri-County Technical College’s fabrication lab have been running non-stop since Wednesday, April 1, when the faculty and staff from the Engineering and Industrial Technology (EIT) Division answered the call from area EMS agencies and began making personal protective equipment (PPE) for these frontline health care workers who are struggling to find this necessary gear during the […]

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Trustee doubts school year will resume

Georgia has called off the rest of their public school year. A retiring bus driver in another part of the country has told us he believes he has driven his last school bus. Glum assessments are beginning to add up as to the possibility that even if the curve is flattened, the current public school year can’t be salvaged. The […]

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Car dealership to relocate

A banner that faces 123 traffic headed from Seneca to Clemson proclaims the planned move of the Lake Keowee Ford dealership from the 123 By-Pass to adjoin the Lake Keowee Dodge dealership. Some preliminary earthmoving work is underway to re-locate the Ford dealership on property that will adjoin the existing Dodge dealership. Lake Keowee Dodge recently opened an overflow lot […]

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Undercount could cost Oconee government money

To say the least, taking measure of the country’s population at the time of rampant virus is awkward. But officials continue to stress the importance of all Oconeeans to answer a few questions that the Census Bureau poses to determine the population count on the day of April 1. The importance is stressed because an undercount could cost Oconee County […]

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Fred Alan Smith

Westminster – Fred Alan Smith, 64, of 323 Bill and Mona Drive, passed away, April 7, 2020, at Prisma Oconee Medical Campus. Born in Oconee, SC, he was the son of the late Junior and Dolly Davis Smith. Fred worked in the textiles industry and attended First Baptist Church. Fred is survived by his son, Benjamin Smith; daughter, Julie Thompson; […]

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Two more Oconee COVID-19 cases

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 139 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, including 12 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 2,552, and those who have died to 63. The additional deaths occurred in 10 elderly and two middle-aged patients with underlying […]

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