Category: News

The community is invited to Water, Wildlife, and Wildflower Day at Keowee-Toxaway State Park on Saturday, April 29. Come out and help with projects ranging from litter pick-up, trails upkeep, habitat house restoration, as well as fern garden, rain garden, and pollinator garden maintenance. There will be kids activities as well. Registration starts at 9am with projects running from 9:30-11:30am. […]

Late April and early May is peak season for the migration of songbirds from parts further south to the Jocassee Gorges. Some stay for the summer breeding season, and some head farther north before settling in for the summer. It’s a dynamic, colorful, musical time for a few short weeks in the Jocassee Gorges each spring, and there is nobody […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces an additional arrest in the sixteenth “Operation Infinity” drug sweep round-up that began on April 5, with law enforcement partners from the Seneca and Westminster Police Departments. In all, 32 individuals were being sought on a variety of drug charges involving methamphetamine, heroin, prescription drugs, cocaine and marijuana. Some individuals in this drug sweep […]

An electrical mishap near Seneca sent one man to the hospital. According to Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative spokesperson Terry Ballenger, during an apparent attempt at power theft, an individual in the Friendship community came into contact with an energized conductor and sustained injuries. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative had earlier disconnected service at the location because of nonpayment of the power […]

A Walhalla man will spend the next 12 years in prison for setting a vehicle on fire in a carport that spread to destroy the adjoining home with people inside. On Monday, 29-year-old Joshua Charles Campbell admitted his guilt to arson in the third degree and to nine counts of attempted murder. The incident occurred in January of 2016 on […]

Crews began patching and paving a section of Liberty Highway near I-85 Monday night. According to Ashmore Brothers, work on the section of Highway 178 is expected to continue through May 11. Work includes paving ramps on the northbound side of I-85. Drivers are urged to pay attention to warning signs, flagmen, workers and equipment in the roadway. Motorist are […]

With the end of each school year comes final exams. This year, the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) is offering testing tips to both students and parents, explains Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Ginger Hopkins. “While we are beginning to think about these last six weeks, it is important that students are showing up everyday to get that instruction and […]

Hiring is underway in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC), tells Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Earnestine Williams. “We are now in the process of re-hiring our teachers. We will send out contracts to approximately 872 of our certified employees. Most of those contracts are for our elementary teachers; about 480 for elementary and about 181 for middle schools […]

If you would like more help navigating the Internet, particularity social media sites, than a computer class at the Walhalla Library might be worth taking, says Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) Interim Director and Branch Services Librarian Blair Hinson. “There are a lot of people who not that tech literate, older folks or folks that didn’t really ever have to […]