Jim Spencer

  Salem – James “Jim” Edward Spencer, 83, husband of Connie Anderson Spencer, passed away Saturday, February 27th, 2021 at Clemson Downs.   Born in East Lansing, Michigan, he was the son of the late Dr. Perry C. and Gladys Wolf Spencer. Jim’s career included being a Professor at Community Colleges in Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Wyoming, and South Carolina, working […]

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Clarifying an earlier story

While true there has been a stop to the Duke project to lay new line along a SC 188/Keowee School Road bridge, the company makes clear today that it is now vetting another contractor to come in and resume the work.  An overall objective of the work is to lay the necessary infrastructure to reduce the number of outages that […]

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Roundabout proposed in southern Oconee

A roundabout is proposed to replace the current intersection of SC 24 (the West-Oak Highway), SC 182 (the Oakway Road) and S-116 (the Oak Creek Road), and the state would like to know what you think.  According to the DOT, the project was selected by local leadership as an area of concern and ranked against similar projects across the region. […]

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Smoke on the mountain, once again

The Andrew Pickens Ranger District  plans two more prescribed burns today for a total of 1,383 acres. Burn objectives are to help wildlife habitat improvement, research, and hazardous fuels reduction. Smoke may be visible, with residual smoke lingering into the afternoon and evening hours. The information for the two units are as follows:   Sandy Ford- 1,063 acres located west […]

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Traffic nightmare near West Union

As many as four cars wrecked late yesterday afternoon on highway 11 just north of West Union.  Although there were no personal injuries, public safety responders dealt with, what one called, a traffic nightmare with the wreckage and other traffic attempting to make its way past the wreck scene on the two-lane highway.

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Gwendolyn McCurry Duncan

West Union, SC — Gwendolyn McCurry Duncan, 77, wife of Harold E. Duncan, of 289 Fowler Road, West Union, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at her son’s home.   A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Duncan was the daughter of the late Benjamin H. McCurry and Lucy Quarles McCurry. She was a retired teacher having worked with the […]

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Earl McAlister

Westminster – James Earl McAlister, 73, husband of Connie Turner McAlister, of 120 Carver Road, passed away Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 at his residence.   Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late William Duffy and Retha Mae Savage McAlister. Earl was formerly employed at JP Stevens in the Print Department and retired after 30 years of […]

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