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The City of Seneca will be holding a public hearing at 6:00 pm tonight at City Hall so that residents can make comments or ask questions about the city’s upcoming budget for the next fiscal year. The mayor and council are expected to give final approval of the budget following the public hearing. The budgets will go into effect Wednesday, […]

Gov. Henry McMaster and hospitality leaders have launched a new initiative that provides fully compliant restaurants with a state seal to display. The initiative, called the Palmetto Priority seal, will provide a decal to go on display at restaurants that have passed and are willing to comply with state requirements. To meet requirements, the restaurant staff must wear masks, tables […]

For the second consecutive weekend Walhalla and Oconee County Emergency Crews were on Yellow Branch Falls Trail after a hiker called for help. It took rescuers more than half an hour to reach the patient and another hour to remove him from the scene. Reports state the man may have suffered a broken ankle. Emergency officials are again reminding people […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 1,366 new confirmed cases and 4 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 5 additional confirmed deaths and zero additional probable deaths. There are currently 954 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number […]

The South Carolina Greens Steps School’s program was created in 2003 as part of South Carolina’s Resource Conservation Challenge. Green Steps is an environmental statewide educational initiative that encourages schools to take annual steps toward establishing and maintaining model quality sustainability projects. To earn a “certified” designation, school teams must establish and maintain two projects for each of the three categories: conservation, protection and […]

After a closed-door meeting last night, the Oconee County Council approved a new three year contract for County Attorney David Root. Along with the three years added to the work agreement, Root will receive an expanded severance pay from three to nine months in the event the council ends his contract.

As of Thursday, June 25th, a temporary emergency ordinance is in place in the City of Clemson to require the wearing of face coverings in public places to reduce the risk of transmission of the COVID-19 virus. City Council voted to enact the ordinance after elevated levels of the virus were detected in samplings from the city waste water treatment […]