Michael Lawson Adams

Seneca, SC– Michael Lawson Adams, 65, of Seneca, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at his home.   A native of Rock Hill, SC, Mr. Adams was the son of the late Ira Lawson Adams, Jr. and Susie Knight Adams. He retired from Duke Energy as a financial analyst. Mr. Adams was a mason and a member of […]

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Why hearing Jared Nedal is important for safety

An event today of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce focused on Oconee’s Duke Energy nuclear plant and how safe the federal government helps keep the plant operation and the surrounding community.  This event, led by the chamber’s new executive director Dari McBride, featured Jared Nedal, senior resident inspector for the U-S Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Nedal’s audience was small, but those […]

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In August, 5.52″ rain recorded at Walhalla

From Walhalla’s Hickory Hollow Farm to the National Weather Service at Greer, the report will be made that in August, a total of 5.52″ rain fell in Walhalla.  Oconee’s official U-S weather watcher, Barbara Wilson, concedes that the 5.52″ total pales to other parts of the county, including Lynn Towe’s home at Salem.  There, the rain gauge got heavy during […]

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What might the Andron brothers have said?

Brothers Michael and Sandy Andron are names from an Oconee past who were associated with the formation of a county community theatre in the 1970s.  Staged plays originated from Kenneth Richardson’s picture show movie house on Seneca’s N. 1st Street.  A guess is that the Androns would approve if they knew today that Oconee Community Theatre is adding a comedy […]

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Drug killers of Oconeeans

The newest report pegs the increase of all drug over-doses across South Carolina at 53%–from 1,131 to 1,734 according to the numbers analyzed for the latest period, from 2019 to 2020.  “There is no question”, says the man in charge of DHEC, “that substance use disorders represent a public health crisis in South Carolina.”  A table of drug deaths county […]

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Drought Level 1 declared

Lake Hartwell and the two other reservoirs run by the Army Corps of Engineers declared the first drought level last Sunday — responding to the pool elevation dipping below 326 feet above mean sea level.  Entering Trigger Level 1 activates the Corps’ drought plan which conserves water by reducing the outflows from the Thurmond Dam, north of Augusta, Georgia.  Water […]

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