Weather impact on vaccination and drive-thru test sites

Here’s an announcement from Prisma Health: “Due to weather conditions, Prisma Health is moving all Gamecock Park vaccination appointments scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 18, to our vaccination site at Baptist Hospital Breast Health building, 1501 Sumter Street in downtown Columbia. Please park in the garage attached to the building.   We have used as many methods as possible to […]

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Settlement for lawsuit alleging jail negligence

A judge in Walhalla will be asked this month to accept a settlement in a lawsuit alleging negligence in the Oconee Detention Center.  The morning of Friday, February 26 is scheduled as a settlement hearing in the case of Erica Smalley versus Southern Health Partners, the healthcare provider for the county jail.  Suit was filed three years ago on behalf […]

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Today’s COVID-19 numbers from DHEC

The South Carolina state health agency has confirmed 655 new cases of COVID-19, including 16 cases in Oconee County.  Added to the state’s death toll are 50 individuals, two of them from Oconee.  An elderly Oconeean’s death was attributed to the virus on February 5; a middle-aged Oconeean died February 7.  Of 9,747 total test results from the state, the […]

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Local blood supply remains low

The local blood supply provided by the Blood Connection remains low, especially now that winter weather has created consecutive days of low donor turnout.  A stable supply is needed to serve hospital patients; for example, the patients at the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Blood donations are impacted by the weather emergencies in Texas and Louisiana.  There, some blood centers have had […]

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Duke Energy warning: potential for nearly 1M outages

An approaching winter storm, as Duke Energy sees it, could produce nearly one million outages in the Carolinas, but the utility vows that it is ready to respond.  Nevertheless, customers in the storm’s path should start to prepare for the possibility of electric power outages that could last for days.  Duke is assembling thousands of workers ready to start power […]

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Approaching storm could cause nearly 1M outages in the Carolinas

Duke Energy projects hazardous wintry precipitation and high-winds from the approaching winter storm could cause nearly 1 million power outages – some lasting several days – beginning Thursday in North Carolina and South Carolina, based on the storm’s current forecast track.   Duke Energy has thousands of employees supporting the company’s response, including 5,400 line technicians and vegetation workers. More […]

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Second candidate qualifies

A second candidate will compete for an open seat on the six-member Walhalla city council.  Joy Scharich, the elections director, says the newest candidate is Palmetto Drive, Walhalla resident Christy Marlow.  She joins Gwen Owens as the two candidates so far to complete the term of Dennis Owens, Mrs. Owens’ late husband.  Candidate qualifying continues until noon on Friday, February […]

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