Author: Dick Mangrum

In this morning of heavy fog, 101.7/WGOG has received a plea from a motorist who is trying to safely make his way through the hard-to-see-conditions.  It’s especially important, he says, to have your lights on for the benefit of drivers who are trying to enter a roadway, but are having trouble making out the oncoming vehicles that are not displaying […]

Westminster has offered Kevin Bronson a contract to work as city administrator for $97 thousand, and awaits his answer.  Mayor Brian Ramey this morning said the deal would cover three years.  For the last few months, Bronson has served as administrator during a period in which he is to decide whether he’d be comfortable moving forward on a permanent basis.  […]

It is now official.  City of Walhalla has pulled the welcome mat for any new discount store within the corporate limits for at least six months, while a review of the zoning law is undertaken.  On a unanimous vote and only one question from the audience at last night’s meeting, the city council gave final reading to a six-month moratorium […]

By resolution, Walhalla will contract with an engineering firm to develop plans for the city’s first greenway—a strip of undeveloped land for recreation use.  And Mayor Edwards did not hide his enthusiasm for a recreation activity that would parallel the mountain biker course at the Stumphouse Tunnel Park.  The greenway is to run from the Coffee Road to the community […]

The people behind two downtown Walhalla businesses are expanding, with the help of city government.  The city council last night gave first reading to a $7 thousand economic incentive grant to help the new owners at 112 W. Main renovate and occupy the address with new tenants.  112 W. Main is the large building most recently occupied by the Christ […]

The office of Senator Lindsey Graham invites South Carolinians to connect with the South Carolina Republican during a tele-town hall tomorrow evening, starting at 5:30 pm.  To take part, dial 877/228-2184 and, when prompted, enter PIN number 110055.

New confirmed COVID-19 cases reported today by South Carolina DEHEC:  383.  Two of those cases are in Oconee County.  Statewide, the death toll increased by two people.  Both were elderly.  One lived in Clarendon County; the other in Lancaster.  Of 9,948 total test results received, the South Carolina positivity was 4.8%.

Seven acres of property near Seneca could be developed into a single-family home development and be annexed into the corporate limits.  The Seneca Planning Commission agreed Monday night to request city council approval of annexing property on Fairfield Drive in the vicinity of S. Depot Street and the Mormon Church Road.  As part of the annexation recommendation, the property owned […]

County planning staff analyzed 10 years of thousands of Oconee traffic accidents, and has drawn conclusions about what can be done locally to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property damage.  After a presentation from Adam Chapman, the county planner, the county planning commission voted to forward the report to committees of the county council, in hopes that the county can trigger […]