No takers so, Walhalla will try again

Brandon Burton, Walhalla city administrator, says the city will again ask contractors to bid on re-configuring a short stretch of a downtown street.  The section of S. Catherine, between Main and S. Broad, has become a tight squeeze for motor vehicles.  One side of the street allows parallel parking.  But parked cars, along with a narrow two-way street, make for […]

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South Carolina is drought-free

  After regular rain for the past two months, South Carolina was declared drought free by the state committee that monitors those conditions.During its meeting Feb. 7, the S.C. Drought Response Committee determined that the 7 to 13 inches of rain since early December washed away concerns over the lingering drought that had persisted throughout most of 2022.The incipient drought […]

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Should an Oconee municipality stick to its “No Fowl” rule?

The higher store costs to buy eggs, a concern that rated mention last night at the Walhalla City Hall.  Councilman Grant Keehn tested his colleagues thoughts on whether the city should exempt the zoning regulation against raising chickens inside the corporate limits.  But, according to Councilman Keith Pace, cleanliness and proper sanitation are concerns. Local Methodists are seeing an increasing […]

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