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A new position at the Oconee rock quarry will reward a former county inmate who intends to go straight to work after his jail sentence. The County Council on Tuesday voted to create a new position at the rock quarry that is expected to be filled by one of two graduates of the Life After Lockup outreach program at the […]

A Duke Energy worker who lives in Mountain Rest is entering the field of politics in Oconee County.  Matthew Durham this morning announced he’ll offer as a Republican candidate this year for County Council Seat 2–the seat that Wayne McCall has held for 12 years.  One of Durham’s platform planks is to conserve taxpayer’s money.  As he put it, “to […]

Rain continues to fall in the Golden Corner, but it was last week’s drenching that did a number at the construction site of Walhalla’s new water plant. Scott Parris, utilities superintendent, displayed photographic evidence of the collapse of a section of a retaining wall between the main water plant building and Lake Keowee. Parris discussed with the mayor and council […]

A final vote by County Council on a solar energy farm planned for Oconee’s Golden Corner Commerce Park off S.C. 59 near Fair Play must wait until next month. Council held a hearing Tuesday on an ordinance creating a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the yet unnamed company, but delayed a final vote. The county attorney said the paperwork for the final […]

Walhalla’s outside auditor turned up shortcomings during his annual examination of the city’s financial records, but no criminality on the part of anyone. That was a point that the mayor stressed as he and the city council last night received the official audit covering the year 2018-19. And Mayor Danny Edwards’ observation was that what the auditor found lacking are […]

Oconee County administrator Amanda Brock is headed toward an extension of her initial 18-month contract. County Council last nite voted unanimously to authorize Chairman Julian Davis to enter in negotiations with Brock for a new master employment agreement. The vote came after an executive session during which terms of the new agreement were discussed. These specifics of the new agreement […]

An Oconee man remained jailed today under a combined surety bond amounting to $350 thousand. Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of Danny Ray Burdette, who is charged with multiple sex offenses in which the victims are two boys of minor age. Forty-four year old Burdette was arrested Friday but, according to the Sheriff’s Office, the investigation began in June […]

Oconee County Elections Office announces voting changes that’ll affect those who make their way to the polls next week for the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary. For the February 29 vote only, Seneca voters only will vote in the middle school gym, 810 WS 4th Street, instead of the nearby Shaver Recreation Complex. This applies to Seneca voters in boxes 1, […]

Myrtle Beach – Three-time GRAMMY Award winner and South Carolina native Darius Rucker will serve as an official ambassador for South Carolina tourism in 2020, under a new partnership with the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.   Working collaboratively with SCPRT, Rucker will share his music and name recognition to strengthen the state’s tourism brand, leveraging his national and global […]

Oconee County’s Jim Bohannon, typically a Republican voter, will exercise his right to cast a ballot in the South Carolina Democrats’ February 29 Presidential preference primary. And, he concedes, that part of his motivation will be to make mischief. Bohannon is a national broadcaster and member of the radio hall of fame who is an avid follower of politics. We […]