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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a report in which they determined that the automatic shutdown last winter of Oconee Reactor Unit Number 2 was due to the mechanical failure of a fuse. The Commission determined that no release occurred and the plant response was normal. They added that the unusual event had no impact on the health and safety […]

At its regularly scheduled board meeting last night, the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees hired Mrs. Kerri King as the new principal of Orchard Park Elementary. Mrs. King, a Walhalla High graduate, began her career in 2012 as a 4th grade teacher at Oakway Intermediate School. She joined the staff of Orchard Park Elementary School in 2016 […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources has documented the presence of whirling disease for the first time in four streams sampled recently in Pickens and Greenville counties. This represents the first positive diagnosis of the whirling disease pathogen in South Carolina trout streams. Whirling disease can cause 90 percent or greater mortality of young rainbow trout and can have serious […]

This Friday afternoon at 12:15pm, Clemson City Council members will attend an informal meeting with civil engineers from Clemson University regarding a Tiger Boulevard traffic study and recommendations. No action will be taken at the meeting, which will be held in Room 219 of Lowry Hall at Clemson University. In other news today from Clemson, the athletic department at the […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – On Wednesday Governor Henry McMaster signed into law H. 3205, Convention of the States, and issued a signing statement. “Efforts to rein in federal spending and reduce the national debt have repeatedly met resistance from the parties in power at the time. It has become clear that Congress is unwilling or unable to set aside its self-serving institutional interests […]

According to jail records, on Wednesday Seneca Police arrested 42 year-old Terry Lee Blackwell of Seneca and charged him with Violent Second Degree Burglary. Details surrounding his arrest have not yet been released. At this time he remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending bond.

The Clemson City Council will meet Monday night at City Hall in Council Chambers to discuss several items on their agenda. Among those items is a discussion among the council members of a proposed fee increase for football parking in the downtown parking decks. Mayor Robert Halfacre and the City Council will also receive a report on a Community Development […]

Anderson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported shooting in the area of Electrolux Major Appliances early this morning. Sheriff Chad McBride said that his deputies cleared the Electrolux building and found neither an active shooter, nor any evidence that a shoot of any kind had even occurred. Sheriff McBride added that his office is still, however, investigating.