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A large bear has been seen at night, roaming the Dendy Woods subdivision on Fowler Road near Walhalla. Video surveillance there by one resident shows a bear meandering around the house — not at all deterred by the house lights inside.
Read moreIn the Atlantic there’s now a named system: Tropical Storm Danielle, which has formed between Bermuda and the Azores along a dying stationary front. Danielle is nearly hurricane strength, at 70 MPH. Frank Strait at the South Carolina Climate Office says, however, Danielle is NOT going to pass anywhere near SC.
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Businesses that are solicited to consider Oconee’s southernmost industrial park acreage are liable to think the topography there is challenging. County administration wants to do something to remedy the situation at the Golden Corner Commerce Park on highway 59. On Tuesday night next week, county council will be asked to allot $1.5M for clearing and grading. The recommendation is scheduled […]
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The state has placed 10 of its 46 counties in the category of higher-than-normal rainfall. The ten are coastal counties and their drought status is downgraded, the result of a conference call by the South Carolina Drought Response Committee. Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens, along with 11 other counties, were upgraded to incipient–the first level of drought, which is followed by […]
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The duty shall fall to a 10th circuit judge from Anderson to decide whether Jason Mark Carter leaves the state mental health facilities for what’s called a community residential care facility. However, the circuit solicitor and relatives of Carter’s murdered parents are adamant that allowing Carter to move to what Solicitor Wagner likens to a half-way house bodes danger to […]
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The pending criminal charges against a suspended Oconee County Councilman appear headed for a jury in the spring of next year. Judge McIntosh told the attorney for Matthew Durham that he will direct that a week in April will be designated as trial week for Durham—who faces domestic violence and neglect of child offenses. And that’s despite Durham attorney Keith […]
Read moreSeneca– Gary “Pud” Wayne Owens, 67, husband of Toni Vinson Owens, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022 and is now paving the streets of gold after a tough battle with cancer. A native of Oconee County, South Carolina, Gary was the son of the late William Russell Owens and Eunice Stephens Owens. Gary was co-owner of D & G […]
Read moreSeneca, 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 […]
Read moreAn 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 […]
Read moreWalhalla fire fighters joined West Union volunteers late yesterday afternoon at the scene of a car fire on the Dickard Road near the Poplar Springs Road. No one hurt, the fire created heavy damage to the small car.
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