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Engineers have decided that a parking lot at a Fair Play truck stop is ideal for electric vehicle charging stalls, and that finding helped influenced Oconee’s zoning board of appeals to grant a variance for the project. A member of the Dewberry Engineers described the parking lot of the Carolina Gateway truck stop at I-85 exit four as the best […]
Read moreThe Design Committee for Main Street Walhalla holds its first meeting tomorrow, and the Main Street director says if you have an interest in guiding the “look and feel” of the downtown you are cordially invited to attend. The meeting will be from 4 to 5:30 pm tomorrow. The committee is designed also to help promote and preserve an historical […]
Read moreParts of the Whitewater Falls Road north of Salem remain blocked to traffic this morning, in the aftermath of an accident early last night. In that accident, we are told, an 18-wheeler truck plowed thru guardrail down an embankment into woods. The truck was carrying beer. The driver is believed to have sustained minor injuries only
Read moreSpecial exception is being made for a monopole tower at Mountain Rest. Without dissent last night, the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals granted the application of a law firm for a 195’ monopole communications tower in the vicinity of 851 Highway 107. A monopole tower is one that has one stem or one pole anchored to the ground. About this […]
Read moreTourist leaders gave their endorsement, but it wasn’t enough for an Oconee regulatory board to green light a 12-site camping facility on the outskirts of the Devil’s Fork State Park. The Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals last night denied the special exception for the project Domes at Jocassee to locate within the lake overlay district. Fifteen of seventeen speakers at […]
Read moreThe possibility for a home fire led to the arrests last week of two persons at a Walhalla home. The police today identified the arrested as Ricky James Pierson, 53; and Tylyn Flossie Pierson, 27 on multiple charges of unlawful neglect of children. By making his way into the Pierson home on Tyre B. Mauldin Street Thursday night, the police […]
Read moreConfirmed Cases 343; (five in Oconee) Probable Cases 270; Confirmed Deaths 16; Probable Deaths 4 Total Tests 11,407 Percent Positive 4.0%
Read moreNew research from Clemson University in a medical journal indicates how surveillance-based informative testing mitigates the spread of COVID-19 on campus. And that, according to Clemson, paves the way for other institutions for mass-scale testing. SBIT was implemented during the first two weeks of Clemson’s fall semester. According to the study, random surveillance tests to identify outbreaks in residence halls […]
Read moreThe auditorium that once served middle and high school students in Salem has been restored, thanks to a community effort. And, with its certificate of occupancy, the Eagles Nest Art Center held its first event, a beauty pageant on Saturday. A grand opening is planned in the near future. Meantime, the restored auditorium still has needs. Alumni have the opportunity […]
Read moreAn announcement details the completion of a merger involving a local bank. Community First says the acquisition of (SFB) Security Federal Bank, effective with the close of business Friday, means that Security Federal merges immediately into Community First. Under terms of the agreement, Security Federal shareholders receive cash of about $8.3 million, or $33.00 for each share of common stock […]
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