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Walhalla is updating its Comprehensive Plan for 2045. The plan guides the City’s future direction. The City invites everyone in Walhalla to join the events until October 2023 to shape the plan. The City will have open houses, focus groups, surveys, social media questions and pop-up events to get input. To learn more and join, visit www.walhallacity.com/compplan or follow us […]

For the second night in a row, thunderstorms battered Westminster, toppling trees and leaving many Oconee County residents without power. Blue Ridge Electric crews were close to restoring power to all customers on Saturday evening, when another storm hit. They worked overnight to repair the damage and reconnect the customers. Meanwhile, some customers in Pickens County were also facing power […]

An 18-year-old man from Cornelius, North Carolina, drowned in Lake Hartwell on Friday, according to the Anderson County coroner’s office. He was identified as Louis Pontez-Farias. The coroner’s office said Farias was on vacation with a group of friends at a rental home on Sunny Shore Lane. They last saw him around 3 or 4 a.m. on Friday and thought […]

Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Pickens Independence Day Spectacular on Saturday, an event organized by the Pickens County Republican Party. Trump, who won 75 percent of the votes in Pickens County in 2020, is the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024. The crowd cheered and chanted for Trump, who flew over the crowd in Trump Force One just […]

The Light of the World Church on N. Kenneth St. was hit by lightning and caught fire on Saturday evening. The fire damaged the steeple, but did not affect the rest of the building. The fire department arrived quickly and put out the fire within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. The church members who were inside the building during […]

The Auto Club Group Urges Motorists to Get a Vehicle Inspection Before their Road Trip AAA forecasts nearly 85% of the 50.7 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend will take a road trip. Unfortunately, thousands of them will experience car trouble. Nationwide, AAA expects to rescue more than 393,000 […]

Injuries related to fireworks increased by 25% in recent years COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) wants residents to practice potentially lifesaving safety precautions when handling fireworks over the Fourth of July holiday. While fireworks are a source of fun and celebration, they can cause serious injury if not used properly. “Preventable injuries and […]

A Walhalla teacher is among the 28 Alfred Lerner Fellows chosen by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous for 2023. Stephanie Necessary, who teaches at Walhalla High, participated in an academic seminar that explored the history of the Holocaust and how to teach it effectively in the classroom. The seminar ended this week at the Hilton Newark Airport. The fellowship […]

Clemson City Council will hold a public hearing on July 17 at 5 p.m. at city hall to discuss the Signet Uptown Planned Development, a proposed mixed-use project on College Avenue. The project would consist of a commercial area, four workforce housing units, and up to 150 apartments on two acres near 408 and 412 College Avenue. The property, which […]

A man who used a false name and eluded authorities for 17 years has been arrested, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office announced. Antran Hall was wanted by the sheriff’s office Fugitive Investigations Unit (FIU) for skipping his trial in 2006, where he was convicted of cocaine trafficking and fleeing from police. In early 2023, detectives learned that Hall was living […]