Category: News

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is offering travel safety tips to help citizens be safe. An estimated 593,250 South Carolinians are expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend. With that increase in traffic volume on the roads, be patient and allow plenty of time to reach your destination. During most holiday time periods, road […]

A 19-year-old Greenville man was struck by a motor vehicle Wednesday morning around 11am on Bethel Church Road near Walhalla. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Alvaro Nava–Dominguez died at 7:24pm Wednesday night in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He died from head and chest trauma. Addis says that his manner of death is classified […]

Hikers can now use a new section of the Palmetto Trail near Walhalla. Four miles of the planned extension of the mountains to see trail is now open at Walhalla’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park. Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Phil Shirley says this will attract lots of people to the county. Eventually, the trail will chart a passage south […]

The Walhalla Fire Department was among the public safety responders at the scene of an accident late yesterday morning on Bethel Church Road north of the City of Walhalla. According to reports, a man working as a commercial grass cutter was struck by a car and injured. The impact hurled the grass cutter over a guardrail and into a creek […]

The Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA) holds a Board Meeting on Friday, May 25, at 9am at the Westminster Train Depot, which is located at 135 East Main Street. The meeting is open to the public.

A government program to help low income homeowners repair, improve, or modernize their houses will be explained next month in Westminster. City councilwoman Susan Ramey invites everyone to a 6pm Thursday evening, June 14, meeting at the Westminster Fire Department. A representative of the USDA, along with members of the Westminster PMPA Task Force, will be there to help homeowners […]

New Seneca City Administrator Scott Moulder earned high praise for his first full week on the job. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander is very thankful that he will be assuming the city’s top position when Greg Dietterick retires on June 30. “It went great, had a good week last week, it was a busy week for him and we have a […]

Residents and visitors to the Golden Corner of South Carolina are encouraged to download three free mobile apps. These apps are designed to help you make the most of your visit to the mountains and lakes of Oconee County, says Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Phil Shirley. “We wanted to make sure we took advantage of today’s market. […]