Soon a cumulative case number to be tallied

In the next few days, Oconee School District is expected to publish a final number of COVID-19 cases in the schools for the 30-day month of September.  If the trend of late holds up, the cumulative number is expected to be fewer than the shortened school month in August.  And that’ll go to the assessment by Superintendent Thorsland that COVID […]

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Proposed: taxpayer-backed bond issue

In front of the Oconee County councilmen next week will be a financial proposition to benefit the county’s one and only special tax district.  At its Tuesday meeting, the council will consider first reading of an ordinance to issue up to $1.5 million of taxpayer-backed general obligation bonds to benefit the Keowee Fire District, based in Keowee Key.  Language contained […]

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Plaque sales will help add color downtown

Twenty-six people have so far reserved plaques for downtown Seneca flower planters, and a city council member says 10 more are needed to complete the project.  For $250 dollars, you can reserve a plaque in honor of yourself or as a memorial to someone else.  Councilwoman Denise Rozman has parlayed a grant from the Modern Woodmen of the World to […]

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Duncan worried about vaccine mandates

U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina 3rd District, has joined 44 colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration, voicing concerns about vaccine mandates applying to workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities.  The letter went to President Biden, the secretary for Health and Human Services and the administrator for Medicare and Medicaid.  Duncan said, “Several states are already nearing or […]

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