Category: News

The spreading virus has begun to impact the winter sports schedule of Oconee’s three high schools–especially the close-contact sports of basketball and wrestling.  The county school district has learned that the Walhalla High boys basketball team may not play or practice for 10 days, after an opposing player in Friday night’s game at Tallulah Falls, Georgia learned after the game […]

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds you to gather your 2020 gas and vehicle maintenance receipts before filing your taxes next year. The upcoming tax filing season is the third year South Carolinians can claim the Motor Fuel Income Tax Credit on their tax returns. The credit offsets the Motor Fuel User Fee (commonly known as the gas […]

Here is the Walhalla trash pickup schedule for the Christmas and New Year’s weeks.  For customers who normally would see their trash picked up Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25, the pickup day will be Wednesday, December 23.  Those who are scheduled to see their trash bins emptied Monday, December 28 are to receive the service the following day, […]

The mayor of Seneca, Dan Alexander, is not ruling out the possibility that by New Year’s Day—or shortly thereafter—he will hire the city’s next police chief.  Alexander is conducting the process to choose John Covington’s permanent replacement in consultation with the city administrator, Scott Moulder, and interviews of candidates are continuing. The Seneca mayor has the authority to make the […]

Thousands of catchable-sized trout grown in Oconee County are being stocked into the Lower Saluda River near Columbia.  The South Carolina DNR announces that its freshwater fisheries division has started the process of delivering by truck to multiple spots along the Lower Saluda.  The cold water released from the bottom of Lake Murray provides suitable habitat for the rainbow and […]

An early morning accident yesterday near Seneca created a traffic detour that lasted until late in the afternoon.  According to the highway patrol, a pickup truck left SC 28, the Blue Ridge Boulevard at the Bountyland intersection and hit two power poles.  Trooper Bolt said the driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to the hospital.  The accident […]

Three Oconeeans are among 36 South Carolinians whose lives were lost to COVID-19. Sunday’s DHEC numbers indicate a middle-aged Oconeean’s death resulted from the virus on Thursday, December 17; and two elderly Oconeeans died Monday, December 14 and Wednesday, December 16.  The statewide case count yesterday rose by 2,583; 61 of those cases are Oconee County residents.  Total test results […]

All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed Thursday, December 24, through Monday, December 28, for the Christmas holiday. All branches will also be closed on Friday, January 1, 2021, for New Year’s Day. Branches resume their current regular hours on Monday, January 4. Book returns will be open during the holiday closures, and e-books and e-magazines […]

A boil water advisory for certain customers of Pioneer Rural Water has been lifted.  It means that customers no longer need to boil their water for drinking or cooking in the following district areas:  Stone Pond subdivision, Calm Oak Drive, Deer Knoll Way, and Serria Way.  According to the Friday night announcement from the Pioneer Rural Water District, system pressure […]

In Saturday’s report, South Carolina DHEC noted 2,919 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 16 deaths.  Of new cases, there were 78 Oconee County residents.  Of 12,767 test results statewide received, the positivity was 22.9%.