No spring softball or baseball

Walhalla has joined other local and area municipalities who are cancelling baseball and softball seasons.  Here is the city’s announcement: “The City of Walhalla has reached a difficult decision and has opted to cancel its spring baseball and softball season, rather than force an abbreviated season. The intent of this cancellation remains the same as other city-wide actions; to minimize […]

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Walhalla added to community test sites

Prisma Health has announced six additional COVID-19 community testing events this week, including one offered in Manning, S.C., in partnership with McLeod Health and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.   The community testing, primarily done in partnership with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and state agencies, will reach populations who may not otherwise […]

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$500 thousand toward cleaning up Cane Creek

Danny Edwards, Walhalla mayor, is heralding the news.  The board of the state Infrastructure Authority has granted Walhalla $500 thousand to be applied toward the cost to help clean up the Cane Creek basin to minimize infiltration into the sewer collection system.  That infiltration shows up in the bills Walhalla must pay to treat its wastewater.  The problem has festered […]

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1970 Clemson class included future NFL star

A 50th year reunion planned next month for the Clemson class of 1970 has been called off by COVID-19.  That class hopes to re-assemble next year as part of a combined reunion with the 1971 class.  The ’70 grads included Charlie Waters, a football star from N. Augusta who went onto the pros and was part of the Dallas Cowboys […]

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Public schools set graduation cermeonies

Here’s the announcement for this year’s Oconee high school graduation ceremonies: “SDOC Class of 2020 Graduation June 20, 2020 8:30am Seneca High School – Tom Bass Field Walhalla High School – Razorback Field West-Oak High School – Warrior Field In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure the health and safely of all those in attendance, the following guidelines […]

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Signature no longer required on by-mail ballot for primaries

As a result of a U.S. District Court order issued today, South Carolinians voting absentee by mail in the 2020 June Primaries and Runoffs are no longer required to have their signature witnessed on the ballot return envelope.  Election officials will accept and count all absentee ballots regardless of whether the envelope contains a witness signature, if otherwise valid.  Any […]

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90 new cases, five more deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control  Monday announced 90 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and five additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 10,178 and those who have died to 440. Four deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Chesterfield (1), Darlington (1), Florence (1), and […]

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209 new cases, 10 more deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control  Sunday announced 209 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 10,096 and those who have died to 435. Nine deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Clarendon (1), Greenville (2), Kershaw (1), Lexington […]

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