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As part of a voluntary cleanup effort at the remains of Utica’s former textile building and property, state environmental authorities want more testing at the site before Studio Investment Group buys the South 6th Street location to develop it for multi-family living and commercial use. There is concern that the old textile mill may have caused pollution to the environment, […]

The City of Westminster has a new interim administrator. Rebecca Overton, a long-time employee at City Hall who is familiar with a all of the city’s departments, has been appointed to the position. In recent months, two prospective candidates withdrew themselves from consideration for the position. Following the departure of former administrator Chris Carter, the hiring of a successor has […]

Duke Energy Foundation announced that the Blue Ridge Community Center in Seneca and the Clemson Area African American Museum will each get $5,000 as part of $200,000 in benefits for non-profits statewide from employee-directed grants committed for social justice and racial equity. The $200,000 is part of $1 million overall commitment from the company. Duke and Piedmont Natural Gas tapped […]

A man and a sheriff’s office K-9 were killed and a woman was injured following a shooting involving deputies Tuesday night in Anderson, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. It began about 10:30 p.m. on Clemson Boulevard when Anderson County deputies tried to stop a car for reckless driving, and the suspects drove away. When the chase became […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) released new data that indicates local mask ordinances are helping to slow the spread of COVID-19. Analysis of local mask ordinances show nearly 40 percent of residents, or approximately 2,000,000 South Carolinians, reside in jurisdictions that have local mask requirements in place. When comparing the jurisdictions that have mask requirements […]

DHEC announced 712 new confirmed cases and 19 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 45 additional confirmed deaths and one new probable death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 102,143, probable cases to 831, confirmed deaths to 2,057, and 87 probable deaths. Oconee County had three new cases yesterday, Pickens County had five and Anderson […]

About thirty members of the public were in attendance at last night’s August meeting of the Westminster City Council. A series of expose articles published in the local newspaper, The Journal, recently were cited by the public and apparently helped create tension between the council and the public. Four of the councilmen were accused of excluding the mayor and two other councilmen from […]

After Westminster’s former Mayor, nonagenarian Cecil Sandifer, had his utility service disconnected recently, the City Council last night changed it’s disconnect policy to include a series of robo calls to alert a customer when payment is due before their utility services are turned off. Customers will now receive “a courtesy call” 48 hours in advance of losing service. The city […]

DHEC on Tuesday announced 928 new confirmed cases and 16 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 45 additional confirmed deaths and four new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 101,360, probable cases to 770, confirmed deaths to 2,012, and 86 probable deaths. There were five new cases confirmed in Oconee County and one […]