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For the 24th year, more than 500 volunteers are donating their time to build a home for a local family in just 10 days as part of the Clemson University Chapter of Habitat for Humanity’s annual Homecoming Build. The work takes place on Bowman field, so fans can see the $65,000 home before the Homecoming football game against Wake Forest […]

A Clemson University turfgrass pathologist is this year’s recipient of the Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award, which is the top academic award for a turfgrass faculty member. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that Bruce Martin is this year’s award recipient. The award will be presented during the Annual Meeting of the American Science of Agronomy, the Crop […]

Clemson University’s Master of Architecture (No. 20) and Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (No. 17) have both placed in the top 20 on Design Intelligence’s annual survey “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools.” The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that the graduate program also was ranked ninth in the country for its focus area in Architecture + Health. This is […]

A circuit judge has dismissed the counterclaims that two Oconee County Council members filed last summer against David Stokes, former director of the building codes department, reports sister station WGOG. At the same time, however, Judge Letitia Verdin decided the allegations by Edda Cammick and Wayne McCall in the counterclaims may be kept by their side as they defend themselves […]

A young man charged with murder in a stabbing death in Walhalla nearly three years ago is scheduled to stand trial during a week of General Sessions Court this month at the courthouse. The office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor has placed the case against Kenneth Strother Collins atop the docket for court the week of Oct. 16-20, with Judge […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Sept. 29, issued this statement regarding the U.S. Department of State’s decision to pull non-emergency personnel assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Havana and all family members from Cuba. This decision is a result of recent attacks on U.S. Embassy staff. “I was informed this morning about the Trump Administration’s decision to pull […]

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) on Sept. 28, issued this statement on their meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss a host of issues including Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) and tax reform. “We greatly appreciate President Trump taking time to discuss the many problems facing Obamacare and how we can replace it with state-tailored health care reform […]

Destination Oconee Manager Janet Hartman recently gave a report to the Oconee County Council on the early stages of the program. “So, the report pretty much broke down what the plan is, what the recommendations are, and how they prioritized within the committee as well as the project list. I also shared a lot of the accomplishments that had taken […]