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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today announced that close contact service providers, fitness and exercise centers, commercial gyms, and public or commercial pools will be able to open in a limited capacity on Monday, May 18. Close contact service providers include the following businesses: Barber shops, hair salons, waxing salons, threading salons, nail salons and spas, body-art facilities and tattoo […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest of an Oconee County man on two counts of Grand Larceny related to the theft of two separate utility trailers in two separate incidents. 46 year old Carl Frank Crane, who has listed addresses of Dodge City Drive in Walhalla and Indian Oaks Road in Seneca, was booked into the Oconee […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today announced that restaurants throughout South Carolina will be allowed to reopen for limited dine-in services beginning on Monday, May 11. Additionally, Governor McMaster announced that he has lifted all boating restrictions, as defined by Executive Order 2020-25, effective immediately. All laws and regulations concerning the safe operation of boats in South Carolina will now return to normal. […]

At their meeting this week, the Oconee County Council passed a final reading of a tax credit agreement with the May Corporation of Greenville, who plans to invest $20 million to redevelop the former mill village property at Newry into new housing. In other County news, issues with the Oconee Rock Quarry near Walhalla get a full airing June 2 […]

Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man in connection with an investigation that goes back to twenty years ago. Now aged 52, Bryan Allen Lanier is charged with first degree burglary, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, petit larceny, malicious injury to property, and avoiding payment for telecommunications. According to arrest warrants, in April of 2000, Lanier is accused of […]

The Oconee County Public Library will phase in the opening of the libraries in various ways over the next two months. On Monday, book returns at all branches were reopened. Materials may be returned to any branch, but will be subject to a three-day quarantine. No late fees will be applied during this time. Beginning May 14, the library will […]

The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimates the damage to the state’s timber resources from the April 13 tornado activity tops $4 million. Seven teams of foresters conducted tornado storm damage surveys covering nearly 64,000 acres, and found that over 42,000 acres experienced some amount of timber damage; however, officials estimate that fewer than 4,300 acres received significant damage and will […]

On Wednesday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 97 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 9 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 6,936 and those who have died to 305. All of those deaths reported Wednesday occurred in elderly individuals.