Author: Dick Mangrum

What appears to be a serious home fire this morning (at 8 this morning) in Westminster, on U-S 76/the Long Creek Highway in the vicinity of Gaines Street.  From a report from the scene by Gary Butts of 101.7/WGOG firefighters look like they are making some progress to stop the fire — although flames can be seen and, from a […]

Smoke is seen at this hour (8 am) in Westminster.  A business owner tells us it appears to be a serious fire on the Long Creek  Highway across the road from the Dollar General.  Among units sent to fight this fire are personnel and equipment from Walhalla.

Twenty men and women under the age of 40 have been selected to receive Oconee’s Top 20 Under 40 Award.  The event, organized by the chamber of commerce, will recognize the 20 Wednesday, November 8 at the Blue Ridge Electric Co-Op on the Sandifer Boulevard.  The 20 are chosen for their volunteerism, leadership, cultural contributions, business achievements, and innovative creations.  […]

For cool temps and amazing sights, Visit Oconee recommends five waterfalls. Topping the list:  Brasstown, followed by Station Cove, Chau Ram, Pigpen/Licking Falls, and Issaqueena.

Oconee Chamber of Commerce announces no more tickets are available to see and hear Tom Barkin when the president/CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond speaks this month to a community breakfast.  Barkin will address what figures to be a capacity-only crowd November 14 in the community room of the Oconee headquarters of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and will […]

The three reservoirs on the upper Savannah River Basin have declared their second flow reduction in two months.  This, in response to the pool elevation at Lake Thurmond on Sunday dipping below Drought Trigger Level #2.  Water managers also adjusted Lake Hartwell releases to balance with Thurmond.  According to the U-S Army Corps of Engineers, reducing outflow decreases hydropower generated […]

Today is a day set aside to recognize nearly 8,000 workers who operate and maintain 110 power plant facilities in the field of nuclear and regulated and renewable energy.  It’s the Third Annual Power Plant Worker Appreciation Day. And we spoke with Duke Energy’s Chris Rickman, director of plant maintenance at the Oconee Nuclear Station.  That interview is being aired […]

The project to lay sewer pipe to I-85 in Oconee is estimated to be 33% complete, according to Chris Eleazer.  The head of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority says most of the force main pipe on the south side of the interstate between exits 1 and 2 has been installed with 10″ pipe bored below the surface of Lake Hartwell […]

Thomas Alexander of Walhalla, the State Senate president, took the opportunity yesterday to meet a young Anderson man embarking on a career somewhere in the professional world.  And for Alexander, the Oconee-Pickens senator, the meeting served for him to help mentor or coach a young person who shows promise of, perhaps, someday becoming a leader in his field.  Another way […]