Camper owner meets wastewater rules–DHEC

The state health agency announced this week that the owner of a camper near S. Highway 11 in Oconee County met all requirements of an order to bring to compliance a camper that violated onsite wastewater regulations.  DHEC this week revealed an investigation that documented that a camper, occupied for more than two hours a day without an approved means […]

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Senecan faces multi charges

An investigation by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office into two separate incidents has led to the arrest of a Seneca man on multiple charges.   66 year old Wade Allan Dickinson was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:57pm Tuesday.  A deputy from the Warrants Bureau transferred Dickinson from the Pendleton Police Department to the Oconee County Detention […]

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Walhalla on the 4th of July

The City of Walhalla announces its schedule for Independence Fest and the observance of July 4th. City Hall will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2022, to observe Independence Day. City Hall will reopen on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. City Council Committee Meeting will not meet on July 5. It has been rescheduled for July 12, 2022, at 5:30 pm […]

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Nick Williams

Westminster – Roy “Nick” Williams, 81, husband of the late Glenda Busha Williams, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital.   Born in Walhalla, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Roy Franklin Williams and Ida Margaret Carver Williams. Nick retired from Dunlop Sports as the production manger and later retired from the […]

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Maria M. Ortega De Lopez

Walhalla, SC — Macaria Lopez, 90, of 9 Keowee St., Walhalla passed away peacefully on Sunday June 26, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving  family.   A native of Madero Tlaxcala, Mexico, Macaria was the daughter of the late Atilano and Josefa Rodriguez Ortega. She was a faithful and proud member of The Light of the World […]

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DC hearing witness linked to figure with Pickens connection

Cassidy Hutchinson is the former top advisor to then President Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows who, in explosive testimony, divulged details on what went on behind-the-scenes leading up to, during and after the attack.  Her former boss, Meadows and his wife, have a Pickens County connection.  The Pickens County Register of Deeds’ office recently confirmed to 101.7/WGOG NEWS that […]

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Water bills to rise, inflation the culprit

After telling the board of directors that Pioneer Water can anticipate a “20 to 30%” increase in the costs of what’ll be needed in the next 12 months, the board approved a retail rate increase.  The board agreed with Pruitt’s proposal to apply the additional revenues to the cost of buying additional water from nearby supplier city of Seneca.  “We’ve […]

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Oconeeans to choose two school trustees

We’ve yet to wrap up business from this year’s political primary elections, but a reminder today that it’s not too early to think about who will be elected this year to the Oconee School Board of Trustees.  2022 is a political year in which county voters select District One and Three members to the county council.  Same applies to the […]

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