High School game cancelled

Announced on the Walhalla football Razorbacks Facebook page:  This Friday night’s game at Pendleton has been called off because of the continuing COVID-19 difficulties in the Razorback program.  Meantime, Razorback football activities will resume tomorrow for players who have tested non-positive.

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Specialized training today in Oconee County

Oconee’s deep water lake, Jocassee, is the setting today for a training exercise by a team of civilian fire fighters and Army National Guard helicopter crews.  They are known as South Carolina “HART”–Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Teams.  They often get sent to emergencies in some of more the rugged and challenging outdoor settings in the state, and Lake Jocassee with its […]

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Sea change ahead in Oconee emergency care

Doubling the size and better medical equipment are promised as Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital embarks on a 21-month project to expand the emergency department.  Shovels were turned for a ceremony highlighting what’s ahead as the expansion is carried out in phases, to minimize disruption to the patient care. Senator Lindsey Graham gave the featured talk for his hometown hospital […]

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Public may take part in a regulatory process

The public gets the chance tomorrow afternoon to take part in the federal government process to consider a second license renewal for Duke Energy’s three-unit nuclear plant in Oconee County.  It’s called a scoping meeting, and there are a variety of ways in which the public can take part, as is being explained by the NRC’s Scott Burnell today on […]

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Finding those best gas pump prices

Oconeeans found out last week that if they simply drove across the county line, they could find gas pump prices 20 cents lower.  But those prices change, depending on crude oil prices.  And the motor club AAA says crude decline substantially, and that sent Carolina prices downward.  The motor club spokeswoman, Tiffany Wright, noted the price per barrel is the […]

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Statement from the South Carolina DHEC boss

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued full approval Monday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those ages 16 and older. This full approval from the FDA further indicates how safe and effective the vaccines are at preventing severe illness from COVID-19. There continues to be an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for […]

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Meth trafficking alleged on rural road near Salem

A car driver near Salem whose vehicle displayed no license plate wound up in worse trouble when stopped Sunday by an Oconee County deputy.  According to the sheriff’s office, the traffic stop resulted in the charge of trafficking in methamphetamine against driver Keith Allen Alexander Jr. of the N. Little River Road.  Additionally, 25-year old Alexander received citations for driving […]

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