Author: Dick Mangrum

Lots of noise could be heard yesterday afternoon emanating from the Harper’s Plaza construction work in downtown Seneca.  And from the vantage of a city hall window across the street, two city officials looked out with interest.  The words of Scott Moulder, city administrator, “Getting close” indicated that in the next month or so the city can expect to officially […]

Oconee’s school population is greeted by a rainy morning as classes return for the new year.  They are back simultaneously with a temporary Walhalla street closing, in the aftermath of last evening’s electric power outage — the second power interruption for parts of Walhalla and West Union since last weekend. Barricades are in place in the vicinity of Chicopee Field.  […]

An early morning home fire in rural Oconee.  Called just before 2 o’clock this morning, fire fighters required nearly three hours at the Carver Road fire scene not far from the Pickens Road.  No injuries reported.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office held a ceremony Monday morning to honor two K-9 officers who passed away recently, Argo and Farrah. Argo’s End-of Watch occurred on May 16th, 2023. Argo’s K-9 handler was First Sergeant Alan Sayre, who is the supervisor of the Bravo Shift for the Uniform Patrol Bureau. Farrah retired on May 8th, 2023. Farrah’s End-of-Watch occurred […]

For Upstate motorists bound for the Low State, Interstate 26 backups are common between the Greenville and Charleston areas.  But there’s a promise from the South Carolina DOT of new surface coverings, interchange improvements, and the replacement of old bridges.  The plans are outlined in the latest the E-Connector” edition of the SCDOT.

State Senator Thomas Alexander, Walhalla Republican, announces that a low state senator, Stephen Goldfinch Jr., of Murrells Inlet has been injured in Africa and was being transported to Germany for surgery.  Identified as a captain in the National Guard, Goldfinch is reported to have been hurt during a military deployment in the African continent.  Alexander, Senate president, in a memo […]

Those yellow buses become mobile again tomorrow and look for traffic to increase in and around Oconee’s public schools.  Tomorrow is the start of a new year for public school education in Oconee County.  And Dr. Thorsland, the district superintendent, is grateful to the teachers and district staff for their efforts to ready the classrooms and the buildings for the […]

Internet service provider Upcountry Fiber offers households across the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative service territory in Upstate South Carolina a choice between 2.5 and 10 gigabits a second.  The internet provider created by BREC and WCFIBER of W. Carolina Rural Telephone yesterday announced the offer to residential customers of symmetrical speeds up to 10 GIGs a second.

A second opportunity presents itself today to Walhallans.  Their city invites them to be part of a focus group this afternoon at the Depot on S. College Street.  Today’s focus group centers on the natural resources and resiliency component for Walhalla’s next comprehensive plan.  The focus group gathers 1 to 3 o’clock this afternoon.