The hues were gold and pink

When she checked the weather gauge this morning, Barbara Wilson of Walhalla looked up to see a beauty of a sunrise — colors of gold and pink.  The official weather watcher recorded 85 as the high temperature yesterday in the county seat; 64, the 24-hour low temperature.  And not one bit of rain.

Read more

The curious mind of a Clemson grad student

A recent Clemson Ph.D graduate, Rhett Rautsaw, created an app of distribution maps and niche models for all 158 pit viper species in North, Central and South America.  Pit vipers are venomous snakes, including rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths.  Venomous snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.  The ones most injurious or death to humans are cobras, mambas, and their […]

Read more

A hospital’s standard charges

A two-year old law in the news recently has posed the question of whether U-S hospitals are complying with the requirement to make transparency their pricing information.  Under the Hospital Price Transparency rule, hospitals are required by law to provide clear, accessible pricing information about the items and the services they provide.  A spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and […]

Read more

Richard Avery

Richard Avery, 78, passed away Monday, August 22, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca.   A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Richard was born August 30, 1943, the son of the late Ray Carpenter Avery and Leo Kemp Maliece. Mr. Avery enjoyed photography, fishing, and riding his tractor. Most of all, he loved his family and they […]

Read more

A “TEC” project under testing in the court system

The South Carolina Judicial Branch has begun live testing of Technology Enhanced Courtroom (TEC) Project courtrooms during Circuit and Family Court proceedings in Greenville County. One of what’s believed to be among the benefits  is that courts will be equipped to hold proceedings during which people inside the courtroom and at remote locations may participate with equal ease and effectiveness. […]

Read more

Finding the lowest gas prices

If you are planning a trip or simply driving to do errands, you can find out the latest gas prices anywhere in the country, by clicking on the website GasBuddy. That internet site today is showing $3.14 for regular at a Westminster convenience store as the lowest price available anywhere in Oconee.  Ranking the top 10 lowest prices across, the […]

Read more

Margaret Neal

  Seneca, SC—Margaret Lee Clark Neal, 89, of 607 High Falls Road, Seneca SC, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   A native of Pickens County, SC, Ms. Neal was the daughter of the late Ernest Austin Clark and Lessie Bowen Clark.  She worked for many years as a seamstress, and was a member of Gap […]

Read more

An add-on to South Carolina’s trespassing law

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is spreading the word about a change in the state’s law on trespassing.  According to Sheriff Crenshaw, purple paint is now considered legal notice for trespassing.  Property owners may still place no trespassing signs clearly posted in four conspicuous places on the border of their land forbidding entry.  The new provision allows an owner or a tenant […]

Read more
1 363 364 365 366 367 2,958