Warming shelter in place

Due to prolonged, below freezing temperatures in Oconee County, a temporary warming shelter will open its doors to people seeking a warm place to sleep. The warming shelter, located at the Church of God of Prophecy, 1016 Overbrook Drive, Seneca, South Carolina will open its doors at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, December 23, 2022 through 9:00 a.m. on Monday, December […]

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Girl Scout cookie season opens January 2

The biggest enterprise program for girls are the cookie sales each year by Girl Scouts.  For the new cookie season, the scouts are touting a new addition.  Raspberry Rally is a thin, crispy cookie of raspberry flavor and dipped in chocolate coating.  Shipping of the cookie will be February 27.  Girl Scouts of South Carolina — Mountains to Midlands –, […]

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Oconee-grown trout delivered to Columbia area waterway

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Freshwater Fisheries Section has started the process to stock thousands of  Oconee-grown, catchable-sized (8 to 11-inch) trout into the lower Saluda River near Columbia. The rainbow and brown trout that are raised in and transported from the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery in Oconee County will be delivered by truck to multiple locations in the […]

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In the service of others

A Salem area couple are spending Christmas in the service of others. Lisa and Marcus Hedden recently pulled a trailer full of donate toys designated for children in Hindman, Kentucky whose parents who still have their hands full dealing with the aftermath of last summer’s devastated flooding.

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Merrill Norris

Walhalla, SC– Our beloved father, Merrill Wilburn Norris, more commonly known as Mickey, left this life, peacefully while sleeping in his home, on December 18, 2022, at the age of 94 to be with others he loved and who have departed before him.   A native of Ironton, Ohio, Mr. Norris was the son of the late Lee Roy and […]

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Walhalla city workers stood out in 2022

The Walhalla city administrator, Brandon Burton, credits the city’s employees’ work and their cooperation for an efficient year of city government in 2022, and the second-year city administrator looks forward to the New Year with optimism.  He gave the city council a report this week on the results of an employee appreciation get together.  Several individual employees were singled out […]

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Goodbye drought

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, announces Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond Lakes are no longer in drought operations due to the recent rain events over the Savannah River System Basin. Increased flows of 5,000-8,000 cubic feet per second will begin seen over the next week. The cold weather forecast for Thursday and Friday will […]

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