Politics Oconee-style at two venues

“Gotta get people to vote” and “It’s going to be crucial.”  Those were comments you heard this afternoon before the start of an Oconee County Democratic event in Seneca.  And the chit chat was about the importance for Democratic voters to turn out in droves February 3 for what’s called the first in the nation Democratic presidential primary.  And from […]

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What a difference a year makes

Last year in a packed Westminster meeting room, Oconee’s Democratic Party chairwoman clashed with the county’s all-Republican state delegation to Columbia.  Compared to that, the 2024 delegation meeting with constituents was free of any political barbs.  And the crowd last night was small compared to last year’s, as there were empty seats inside the Walhalla Depot.  The state lawmakers and […]

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Challenger for county council seat

An Oconee agriculturist, Gwen McPhail, confirmed talk this morning that she will make the race this year for the District Five seat on the county council.  It’s the seat held by Glenn Hart.  McPhail is part of a farm family along the Pine Grove Road.  She’s a former chairman of the Oconee Planning Commission and her daughter, Meghan Ketterman, represents […]

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Missing Oconee teen’s case leads to Virginia man’s arrest

A missing person’s alert New Year’s weekend led to a missing Oconee teenager in Cherokee, North Carolina.  Oconee deputies learned the girl had been in communication with others using different apps.  Yesterday the sheriff’s office announced the arrest of a north central Virginia man, Michael Ross Carrico.  He was booked into the Oconee jail after being transferred from Swain County, […]

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Throwing money at the teacher shortage

Throwing money just may be a solution to South Carolina’s shortage of public school teachers.  State Rep. Bill Whitmire of Walhalla last night announced that he and the governor agree they will support a $2,500 teacher raise.  In the parlance of getting things done, both Whitmire and Governor McMaster hold influential positions.  Through time, governors have been effective in cajoling […]

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Agreement to buy community center property

Mayor Tim Hall signed the papers, and the city council directed the city administrator to enter a purchase deal for nine acres on highway 28, Blue Ridge Boulevard to be the location of a city community center.  Leading Walhalla to this venture is the growing need faced by the city recreation programs.  Administrator Myers expects the facility to house gymnasiums, […]

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No jury trial in the offing

An appeal in the Ellenburg Road case shall be decided without a jury of Oconee County residents.  Judge McIntosh’s ruling filed yesterday leaves open the likelihood that a circuit judge or, perhaps, the circuit’s master-in-equity will decide whether a road bisecting a Lake Keowee peninsula is a county road. During a motion hearing earlier this week, McIntosh questioned whether laymen, […]

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Hot topic for Clemson?

An application for a planned development from a limited liability company named CS Acquisition goes to a public hearing next month in Clemson.  City Council has set 5 o’clock Monday evening, February 5 at city hall to hear what’s planned for about 5.5 acres near Keowee Trail and Wall Street, a neighborhood inside what’s known as the Uptown District of […]

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