Author: Dick Mangrum

Fire last night devastated a home under construction at the Cliffs. The upper Lake Keowee fire brought out fire fighters from two counties and is said to have been spotted and reported by boaters in the lake.

Walhalla Water Department advises customers under an advisory of the need to no longer boil water before drinking or cooking purposes.  The water department made this announcement last night:  “After an intense flushing of the distribution system, bacteriological samples were collected and analyzed by the City of Walhalla Water Department.  The results of this sampling indicate that the system is […]

A candidate for Walhalla mayor, Tjay Bagwell, has scheduled a town hall meeting where he will speak and answer questions about issues facing the city.  In a social media post, Bagwell says the meeting will be held at 6 tomorrow night at the restaurant Gather 205.  One question that Bagwell said he’d look forward to answering is how his city […]

Senator Lindsey Graham believes that if the House is so interested in an impeachment inquiry, it should schedule a vote to see where its members stand.  But the South Carolina Republican from Oconee remains a strong President Trump ally. In a statement today, Graham said, “In the phone call everybody is talking about, there is not one scintilla of evidence […]

Third District Rep. Jeff Duncan says he’s glad President Trump is releasing an un-redacted transcript of his phone talk with the Ukraine president so that Americans can see what was said. The Laurens Republican accuses his Democratic House colleagues of proceeding with impeachment without evidence of wrongdoing. House Speaker Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry, according to an Associated […]

Bumpier, but safer rides are ahead for motorists who use a Seneca street that connects with Perkins Creek Road and WS 4th Street. After Scott Moulder, the city administrator, announced that the city had been petitioned by 38 of 43 property owners in the home development Madison Pointe, the city will order two speed bumps for the purpose of improving […]

A boil water advisory that covers much of the northern Walhalla water territory remains in place today, but there’s hope it’ll be lifted later today.  Scott Parris, utilities superintendent, said, “We were able to take samples yesterday evening, and hope to be able to lift the advisory this evening when the results are back.”  This is the second boil advisory […]

During the last year, more than 28 thousand South Carolina high school seniors took the SAT—the Scholastic Aptitude Test. According to the Oconee School District, an increased percentage of its students took the SAT in 2018-19 and their results show Oconee students surpassed the state average and narrowly missed the national average. But the Oconee district concedes its overall average […]

At last, Seneca has a law to regulate home rentals on a short-term basis. The vote on final reading last night was 6 to 2. Not all are happy, however, and some who left City Hall last night wondered whether property owners who find the law prohibitive will mount legal challenges. Key to this ordinance is a provision allowing full-time […]