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The Seneca Improvements Corporation Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to continue the Economic Development and Commercial Building Improvement Programs for at least another year. The budget for the upcoming fiscal year was also approved. A budget of about $587,000 is set, with 62% of the funds set aside for the programs and more than $160,000 for grants that are approved […]

Loose Change Bar in Clemson announced Tuesday afternoon that they are to be closed indefinitely after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. Owners said the bar would reopen only after they know their staff and customers have the safest environment possible. Tiger Town Tavern in Clemson also announced this week that it would close after a staff member there also […]

This week, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is beginning to report probable cases and probable deaths in regard to COVID-19. This makes South Carolina the 23rd state in the country to follow recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to report this information. A confirmed case is an individual who had a confirmatory viral […]

Tuesday saw the first reading of a modification to the county’s sign ordinance limiting the size and spacing of billboards along the roadways.The ordinance had originated months ago when District 3’s Paul Cain proposed new restrictions and a moratorium on new billboards in the interest, Cain said, of preserving Oconee County’s scenic beauty. Last night District 5’s Glenn Hart claimed […]

If you turn up Rochester Highway here in Seneca you might notice a big change on the left hand side of the road. The section of building that housed a Bi-Lo Supermarket is no more, having been demolished to prepare for the construction of Seneca’s first-ever Publix supermarket. A grand opening date has not been announced.  

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) on Tuesday announced 595 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 5 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 19,990 and those who have died to 607. Three of the deaths occurred in elderly individuals and two were middle […]

Last night’s Oconee County Council meeting in Walhalla saw multiple speakers asking the county’s officials not to approve a proposed gun range at 453 East Stamp Creek Road, near Salem. Concerns cited by residents, many form the Keowee Key and Cliff communities, included safety and noise, as well as environmental concerns that lead from spent bullets could leach into nearby […]

Walhalla will put in place a committee of city officials and residents to work toward greater diversity. Mayor Danny Edwards described the committee as an attempt to improve the city and “make sure those with voices can be heard.”… Mayor Danny Edwards spoke at the end of a meeting last night in which a handful of community members of spoke […]

It was a bit breezy as Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Personnel and Seneca Police were in the mix of a crowd of more than a 100 people that came out last night to Seneca’s Norton Thompson Park for the first Community Rally and Unity Walk. Mayor Dan Alexander said he understands the pain people are feeling right now.. Sheriff Mike […]