Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Dreams of winning the AAA State Basketball Championship were dashed Saturday afternoon at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena for the Seneca Lady Cats and Walhalla Razorbacks. The Seneca High School varsity girls basketball team fell to the Newberry Lady Bulldogs, 67-58, in the Upper State Title Game. Coach Jimmy Towe’s Lady Cats finished the season 19-9 making it to back […]
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Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) is eager to get started with its satellite campus in Oconee County, which is still being constructed at the Industry and Technology Park on Highway 11. The College announces that the date to cut the ribbon for the education facility will be at 11:30am on Aug. 17.
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The Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission meets on Thursday, March 1, at noon to hear the treasurer’s report, elect officers, vote on grant applications as well as other business. The meeting is open to the public and takes place at the Oconee Heritage Center, 123 Brown’s Square Drive in Walhalla.
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Today, Feb. 23, was a teacher in service day in the School District of Oconee County and Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland was glad after the week that has taken place. “It’s been a difficult week for a lot of people, certainly for parents and students who’ve had some unwarranted fears for school administrators because they’ve been investigating all these threats […]
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The history of business in the Golden Corner of South Carolina was told Friday afternoon at the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of Oconee. As the county celebrates it’s Sesquicentennial, attendees heard from State Representative Bill Whitmire, a former history teacher, about how business started in Oconee County with trade between the Cherokee and early Colonists. “Well, I […]
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The Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) is in the process of creating a new strategic plan for the next two or three years. In order to make sure that the library is responsive and remains a center of the community, the OCPL hosted a community planning meeting on Thursday, tells OCPL Director Blair Hinson. “We had a public meeting last […]
Read moreDuke Energy employee volunteers from Oconee Nuclear Station built and launched rockets with fourth-grade students at McKissick Elementary School in Easley, during National Engineers Week this week, Feb. 18-24.
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See tropical orchids of all shapes and sizes at Duke Energy’s World of Energy education center at Oconee Nuclear Station. This is the ninth year of the show in partnership with the Blue Ridge Orchid Society (BROS) of South Carolina. The show is open to the public 9am to 5pm, Friday, Feb. 23, and 9am to 4pm, Saturday, Feb. 24. […]
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As part of Black History Month, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) will host the Second Annual HBCU Fly-in: “Advancing Opportunity and Entrepreneurship” with Chairman Mark Walker (R-NC), the chair of the Republican Study Committee. Senator Scott and Chairman Walker have invited the Presidents and Chancellors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to participate in a daylong conference on Capitol […]
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With April 1, as Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) deadline for applying for the best financial aid package for the fall semester, the College is hosting College Goal SC on Saturday, Feb. 24, to help students and their families fill out and file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA, explains Amy Jared, Senior Financial Aid Advisor at TCTC. […]
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