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Oconee County schools enrollment this week is at 10,209 – a four percent decrease from the 2019-20 school year. When asked about enrollment, Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael  Thorsland said, “Our district’s enrollment has been steady for more than twenty years, varying just a few hundred students over those years.  We anticipated a drop this year as parents considered […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) today introduced The State Fix Act to help promote rural and underserved broadband access in South Carolina and around the nation.  The legislation builds upon legislation the South Carolina senators introduced earlier this year, The Governors Broadband Development Fund.  Under The State Fix Act the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would provide $20 billion in funding […]

Prisma Health has launched an aggressive system-wide flu-vaccination campaign with reduced-cost flu vaccinations being offered throughout its physician offices, hospitals, mobile clinics, community outreach, business-health sites or additional flu-vaccine events in 11 counties across the Midlands and Upstate. Information on Prisma Health’s flu prevention efforts can be found on a dedicated webpage, PrismaHealth.org/Flu. Prisma Health hopes to vaccinate approximately 200,000 […]

On Tuesday, reports state that a pistol was found by two Oconee Sheriff’s Deputies in the are of SC 28/Highlands Highway. Deputies reported that the gun was a fully-loaded Ruger .380 semi-automatic. Zachary James Johnson, age 32 of a Lake Becky Road address in Mountain Rest was located walking in the area and arrested after deputies said he discarded the […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 489 new confirmed cases and 43 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 28 additional confirmed deaths and 10 new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 131,428, probable cases to 2,694, confirmed deaths to 2,968, and 164 probable deaths. Three new cases were confirmed […]

Oconee & Pickens Counties: Flash Flood Warning The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Flash Flood Warning for… Southeastern Oconee County in upstate South Carolina… Southwestern Pickens County in upstate South Carolina… * Until 145 PM EDT. * At 9:43 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges showed that between 2 and 3 inches of rain had already […]

The City of Walhalla is moving toward a set of conditions to justify curfews if gatherings might lead to threats to destroy property or endanger public safety. At their meeting this week, City Council Member Danny Woodward introduced a new city ordinance that passed after first reading with one amendment. Other changes are possible before the measure becomes final. Walhalla […]