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Donations collected during the annual fish fry Saturday of the Walhalla Men’s Club will be donated for a Walhalla student who is being treated for thyroid cancer in an Ohio hospital. Men’s Club organizers will donate the money taken in for Maggie Wells, a patient in the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Duke Energy’s World of Energy at Oconee Nuclear Station is hosting its annual student art show in partnership with the School District of Oconee County. Artwork in a variety of media, styles and techniques from students in grades K-12 across the district is on display now through April 12. Artwork is available for viewing during normal business hours, 9am to […]

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Board welcomed a new member, businessman Duane Swygert of Hardeeville, at their March 2018 meeting, held prior to the opening of the Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic Outdoor Expo in Columbia. Standing with Swygert are SCDNR Director Alvin Taylor (left) and Board Chairman Norman Pulliam of Spartanburg (right). SCDNR photo by David Lucas. Duane […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hartwell Project Office, announces the opening of the following campgrounds and day use areas on April 1: Crescent Group Campground, Anderson Co., SC Springfield Campground, Anderson Co., SC Twin Lakes Campground, Pickens Co., SC Watsadler Campground, Hart Co., GA Singing Pines Day Use Area, Anderson Co., SC Twelve Mile Day Use Area, Pickens Co., […]

The Fair-Town Times presents a Spring Festival on Saturday, April 28, from 8am to 3pm at Flowers by the Lake, which is located at 624 East Fair Play Boulevard. There will be burgers, popcorn, water, demonstrations, jewelry making, defense items, Thirty One, Keno’s Stuff, Busy Bee Crafts and so much more. Vendors, crafters, businesses and yard sales are all welcome […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, along with our public service partners from the Seneca Fire Department and the Anderson County Bomb Squad, responded to a report of a suspicious package at the Keowee Village Shopping Center near Seneca last week. Dispatchers from the E-911 Communications Center received word of a black backpack left unoccupied in the grass near the stop […]

Once again, the Oconee County unemployment rolls are moving in the right direction. The seasonally-unadjusted numbers released by the state reflect a drop from January’s 5% county jobless rate to February’s 4.6%. Nearly 35,000 workers were gainfully employed in Oconee during February. That left nearly 1,600 on the sidelines but actively looking for jobs. Jobless rates in the category below […]

Scott Moulder, Oconee County administrator, addressed questions this week on the timetable for roads into and out of the new Tri-County Tech campus on highway 11. And whether those access roads will allow buses to make the turnaround after dropping off and picking up students? To allow the campus to open on time in August, he explains, a temporary access […]

U-S tax dollars for electric-powered buses will help deliver students to the Oconee County satellite campus of Tri-County Technical College. But the timetable is such that the pair of new electric buses likely won’t arrive by the August date, when the Tech campus will open for students. Ed Halbig, Seneca’s bus man, confirmed yesterday that South Carolina DOT will amend […]