Soaking rain this weekend, little snow chance

The Storm Prediction Center’s Severe Weather Outlook for today and tonight. The Storm Prediction Center removed all parts of South Carolina from their severe weather outlook; however, isolated thunderstorms may be embedded in a wave of rain that will affect the state tonight. Also, the forecasted amount of rain we might get over the weekend has been reduced. It’s looking […]

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Seneca to share in Mellon Foundation award

A major announcement of big money for Seneca, Clemson, and the university wowed an audience this afternoon, at the end of a three-hour Black History luncheon, the setting for which was a former all-Black educational institute.  Dr. Rhondda Thomas, faculty director for Clemson University’s Call My Name project, announced a $3.4M award from the Mellon Foundation.  She made the announcement […]

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MonteLago –what might have been

From Oconee’s not too distant past is the name MonteLago.  It was to have been a high-rise condo project at Lake Keowee that engendered a lot of opposition and would eventually be abandoned.  A position paper published by a group that watches for development that would threaten the watershed and environment begins this way:  “In late December, 2005, a Greenville, […]

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State senator to speak at pro-life benefit

A state senator from Anderson County, Richard Cash, will speak next month in Seneca in a pro-life event to benefit the Foothills Care Center.  The date is Thursday, March 9, and those interested in attending are requested to register by texting the word “priceless” to 844/936-0159.  Upon registration, the venue location will be provided.  Besides Cash’s remarks, the event will […]

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Prescribed burns the next six months

Specialists with the USDA’s Forest Service have begun prescribed burns across the Sumter and Francis Marion national forests in South Carolina.  Over the next six months, the plan is to burn 118 thousand acres, including 8 thousand acres inside the Andrew Pickens District in Oconee County.  Prescribed fire is considered critical to improve plant and animal habitat and the resiliency […]

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The continuing countywide drug sweep

  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating the remainder of the following suspects who are wanted in an  ongoing round-up.  Anyone with any information can leave a tip with Crimestoppers online at www.oconeesccrimestoppers.com.  You don’t have to give your name when you contact Crimestoppers and all information provided is confidential.  If your tip leads […]

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An eye out on this weekend’s weather

Mostly cloudy skies across WGOG land this Friday, and a forecast high in the low 60s.  After the noon hour today, a 20 percent chance for showers.  Mostly cloudy tonight and a low around 43.  In spite of the 70-degree readings in parts of South Carolina yesterday, prognosticator Frank Strait doesn’t rule out the possibility of snow in part of […]

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Protect the resource that’s the area’s great body of water

Parking spots went early last evening at Duke’s World of Energy for an event put on by the Lake Keowee Source Water Protection Team.  In the WOE lobby, lake users and those with environmental interests arranged information tables in a meet-and-greet session that preceded formal presentations inside the WOE auditorium.  They included “FOLKS” – Friends of Lake Keowee – “AQD” […]

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