Author: Dick Mangrum

The full-time, cross-trained fire fighters in the city of Seneca, starting tomorrow, will no longer act as the primary response stations to emergencies in the Bountyland Community.  Announcement by Seneca Chief Richie Caudill says tomorrow is the day that the primary responders to Bountyland calls will be that community’s new county-operated fire station.  Caudill said, “Seneca Fire has protected this […]

The Oconee group of citizens that strives to ensure quality across the county is monitoring the potential for a new home development that has the potential of 1,900 homes along a two-lane SC 130 between Seneca and the nuclear plant.  The project has been referred to as the Keowee River Development, and AQD’s Gary Owens can be heard today on […]

At a time of high growth across Oconee, a citizens’ organization will again pursue development standards and further performance standards in the county. And Gary Owens, the president of AQD, Advocates for Quality Development, confirmed today that he and others will return to Oconee Planning Commission on Monday night.  Specifically, AQD will propose that the county make an RFP–request for […]

Twenty-six people who show promise of becoming Oconee’s future leaders are signed up for the next Leadership Oconee class, sponsored by the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.  The class assembles Tuesday at Clemson University.  The 26 come from a variety of professions, including education, economic development, banking, manufacturing, non-profit and entrepreneurs.  It’s a seven-month course to include sessions on topics such […]

Ignition time is 10 o’clock this morning for a new prescribed burn inside the Andrew Pickens District of the U-S Forest Service.  Five-hundred acres of Forest Service land near Battle Creek Road, southwest of state road 37, is the burn location for today.  Wind today from the southwest.

A source close to the scene tells us to watch for a renewed push for Oconee  development standards, likely to come during the county planning commission meeting.  Monday night’s agenda calls for continued discussion.

Senator Tim Scott says inflation, high interest rates, and burdensome regulations are keeping many Americans from the dream of home ownership.  In a Washington hearing this week, the South Carolina Republican pushed for new approaches to federal housing policy.  He blames what he calls burdensome regulations by the departments of Agriculture, Energy and Housing and Urban Development that limit consumer […]

The City of Walhalla will be performing water system maintenance on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The work is expected to begin at 8:00 AM, and continue until approximately 3:00 PM. During this time, customers will experience low water pressure, and possibly a loss of water service. Areas that may see the effects of the outage include: -Winstead Rd. -North HWY […]

Our day began sunny and blue sky but, like yesterday, that’s apt to change as the U-S Forest Service resumes burns today in both Oconee County and adjoining Stephens County, Georgia.  Starting at 11 this morning, this will be day two for resuming yesterday’s 1,600-acre burn near the South Carolina-North Carolina line in the vicinity of 107 and the Wigington […]

WCFiber and Upcountry Fiber, a partnership between Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and West Carolina Rural Telephone Company believes it is in position to help bridge the digital divide in underserved sections of Anderson County.  Credit goes to a $32 million-dollar federal grant designated by the South Carolina Broadband Office.  Nearly three thousand Anderson County addresses have been identified as having […]