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The Andrew Pickens Ranger District will be conducting a 1,047 acre burn today approximately 1 mile south of the Brasstown Rd. and Hwy 76 intersection. Primary objective of today’s burn is for fuels reduction. Smoke will be visible from Westminster, Walhalla and Seneca and of short duration.
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If a Lake Keowee homeowner has been told by Duke Energy that her underwater fishing lights do not violate shoreline management regulations, may her property owner’s association dictate when the hours the lights are displayed? It’s a question raised in a civil lawsuit filed this week in Oconee County in the case of Jill Evans, the plaintiff, and the Wynward […]
Read moreJoey Von Nessen says a major benefit of the first phase of the SC Housing, USC Moore School Palmetto State Housing Study is the attention to housing problems across South Carolina. The final report is due to reach the state legislature by June 30. The study explores housing issues, including supply and demand and the inventory of what’s available. 101.7/WGOG […]
Read moreA pantry, a supermarket, and two churches are working together to help nourish Oconeeans needing food. A distribution of food takes place, first-come, first-served 10 am to noon Saturday, March 25 at the Radiant Church, 11075 Watson Drive, near Seneca. JoAnn Johnson of the nonprofit “In The Gap” says, “We provide food assistance to families whose incomes fall between 151-186% […]
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A 38-year old man after an attack on a woman in Walhalla was captured early afternoon yesterday in the vicinity of the Dr. John’s Road and the Phillip Lear Road south of Westminster. Ralph Jake Goss Jr., Columbia address, faces charges that he attacked a woman, armed with a knife, Sunday night in a W. Main Street, Walhalla laundry. Master […]
Read moreSeneca – Nancy Annette Bearden Certain, 73, passed away, Monday, March 13, 2023 at her residence. Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Nancy was the daughter of the late Harold Bearden and Florence Blackmon Bearden. Nancy was a homemaker who loved a good cup of coffee while spending time with her cats, listening to good music and enjoying her […]
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Oconee School District’s first-year technology chief, Philip Price, gave the county trustees a perspective on how web content filtering is used to block websites that are inappropriate to the education process. He told the school board that millions of attempts are made, but the filtering process that he and his staff follow is successful in denying entry. Today Price told […]
Read moreAn EPA measure announced today, if finalized, will require public water systems to monitor for PFAS chemicals. Proposed is a first-ever national standard aimed to protect communities from PFAS (polyfluoralkyl) substances that, it’s believed, can settle in the blood, kidney, and liver, and lead to serious health problems, include cancer and obsesity. South Carolina’s health agency, DHEC, has begun to […]
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New principals are being placed in two Oconee public schools. The school district today announced that Joshua Harrison is the new Fair-Oak Elementary School principal; Eddie Payne is a new assistant principal at West-Oak Middle School. Harrison started his career in 2009 as a P-E teacher at Walhalla Elementary School. Payne taught at West-Oak Middle. In 2021-22 he was that […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a wanted subject with outstanding arrest warrants. 38 year old Ralph Jake Goss, Jr. of Columbia, SC is currently wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants from the Walhalla Police Department on charges of Kidnapping, Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime and Assault with […]
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