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A popular Walhalla Main Street business will close its door. Its owner explains the decision has been difficult, but brought on by a number of factors. The business is Mountain Mocha which has sold lots of coffee drinks and ice cream. Owner Calvin Williams says, like other businesses, Mocha has struggled with staffing and a lack of supplies, accompanied by […]
Read moreAn inspector took a look last month at Duke Energy’s Keowee and Jocassee dams and found them satisfactory. In a letter to Duke last week Jeff Holloway, acting regional engineer for the Atlanta office of “FERC”—Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said, the inspections took place from July 5-7. Holloway said, “Based on our visual inspection, file review, and discussions with employees […]
Read moreA former Salem mayor is heading a local effort this week to collect and transport relief items to victims of the eastern Kentucky flooding. Having visited Kentucky last week, Thurmond Coward has chosen the hard-hit town of Whitesburg to which he’ll truck food and other items. The Louisville Journal Journal reports that a Whitesburg medical clinic sustained more than one […]
Read moreHayden Laye is planning a rally this weekend in Seneca to demonstrate solidarity in the community for LGBTQ+ rights and equality. The Oconee County Pride Rally is planned 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon outside Seneca City Hall. Laye explains the reasons for the rally this way: “On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 the United States House of Representatives voted on the Respect […]
Read moreBarbara Jean Lusk Horne, age 88 of Maiden passed away Thursday, July 29, 2022, at Carolina Caring in Newton. Born February 7, 1934, in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Edward and Pauline Miller Lusk. In addition to her parents, 2 brothers, William Lusk and Thomas Lusk preceded her in death. Left to […]
Read moreHere’s an easy one…Who on this earth knows more about Walhalla, South Carolina than a former college basketball player who was born in Savannah, Georgia? That’s easy. It is Ashton Hester, the Walhallan whose Oconee County newspaper career lasted a half century—most of which at a former weekly paper that chronicled Walhalla and area since the middle of the 19th […]
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Arrangements have been announced for Seneca’s T-W “Shorty” Shaver Recreation Complex to serve as a distribution location next week for supplies for the new school year, in 2022-23. From 8:30 am to 2 pm Thursday, August 4, the United Way of Oconee will hold a drive-thru at Shaver where bookbags and general school supplies will be distributed, while supplies last.
Read moreWestminster’s only general physician stays busy seeing patients, but he takes the time to keep abreast of worldwide COVID statistics, and he’s worried over what he sees. According to Dr. Billy Campbell, cases are rising, and there are still enough deaths from the virus every day for which to remain concerned. And that’s why Campbell is hopeful that those people […]
Read moreWestminster– Edna Mae Miles Jones, 100, wife of the late James Roscoe Jones, passed away on Friday, July 29th, 2022 at her residence. Born in Georgia, Edna was the daughter of the late Lee Miles and Gertie Steele Miles. Edna was a homemaker, a member of Old Liberty Baptist Church and the Ruth Sunday School Class. Edna enjoyed […]
Read moreAn Oconee physician gave a quick “Yes” as his reply when asked today if he fears for a surge of COVID-19 when the county’s schools return for a new year on the 15th of August. Dr. Billy Campbell, Westminster general physician, expressed the concern, along with an explanation why, which is airing today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS. Our interview with the […]
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