Walhalla kindergarten class sent home

A kindergarten class at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary has been sent home, according to the school district’s COVID-19 tracking page for positive cases.  Under the protocols, the kindergarten pupils have been given November 12 as their return date.  Five additional individuals within the public schools have tested positive.  They are an employee in the Walhalla bus area; one Ravenel Elementary […]

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Power restored at the Walhalla Water Plant

Walhalla resorted to a generator to keep its water treatment plant operating since the tropical storm Zeta powered its way into the area on Thursday.  But operations are back to normal at the plant off the Westminster Highway as Duke Energy succeeded in restoring service there at mid afternoon yesterday.  For a time, Walhalla users were asked to conserve, but […]

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Two-hour wait reported at Pine Street

Many Oconeeans have waited to the very last day to vote in-person at the absentee precinct at Pine Street.  The line is “extremely long” in the words of Joy Scharich, the elections director.  And she estimates a two-hour wait.  Remember, if you don’t vote early today, you can always go to your regular precinct tomorrow to cast your ballot.

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Last day for in-person absentee voting

Going into the final day for in-person absentee voting, a total of 18, 633 Oconeeans had voted.  And that number likely increases today, as the lines outside the county election headquarters have been consistently long.  The last day for mail voting and the drop-in ballot box will be 7 o’clock tomorrow night.  Traditional voting, at regular precincts, is reserved for […]

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October brought a variety of weather

October brought its usual amount of bright and sunny autumn days.  However, there was havoc created by a couple of systems that moved from the southeast.  In October, 9″ of rain were measured at the Official U-S Weather Station at Walhalla.  Weather watcher Barbara Wilson said most of the rain was caused by Hurricane Delta and Tropical Storm Zeta.  October’s […]

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Cross country teams compete at state qualifiers

The SC High School League 3A and 4A Cross Country State Qualifiers were run Friday, October 30th,  in Columbia and Chapin, respectively.  Teams for each class were split into two race groups, even-seeded teams and odd-seeded teams, to help limit the number of competitors on the courses. Teams finishing in the top 6 and individuals finishing in the top 20 […]

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Scott bill addresses rural, minority businesses

A new piece of federal legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Tim Scott, addresses rural, minority-owned businesses by offering education, training and technical assistance.  It’s called the Reaching America’s Rural Minority Business Act.  If approved, the Commerce Department would be authorized to establish up to 10 business centers at historically black colleges and universities to serve rural and under-served communities.

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Saturday and Sunday COVID-19 numbers

South Carolina cases of COVID-19 rose by more than 2,000 on the reports from the state Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturday, 831 new cases were added; Sunday’s new case numbers were 1,319.  There were 37 deaths reported over the two days.  Oconee numbers were 15 new cases on Saturday and 28 new cases yesterday.  There were no new deaths reported […]

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All known Blue Ridge outages resolved

By 8:15 last night, all known storm-related outages on the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative system had been addressed and service restored to each customer.  There was joy Saturday night and Sunday morning in at least one Lake Keowee subdivision near SC 188, as repair crews were able to turn the lights back on for those residents.

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Seneca man homicide victim

A 31-year old Seneca man was the victim yesterday of what authorities say was a case of homicide in Pickens County.  Coroner Kandy Kelley says the victim was Laing Court, Seneca resident Dustin Lee Smith and the location of the incident was 225 Ponderosa Drive, Six Mile.  Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.  An autopsy has been scheduled at […]

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