Category: News

In an effort to provide more people with transportation in Oconee County, plans to expand CAT Bus services are underway. Last week, Oconee County Administrator Scott Moulder held a meeting with Seneca Planning and Community Development Director Ed Halbig on obtaining grant money to extend the fare free public transit service into rural parts of the county. Seneca Mayor Dan […]

A zoning change received approval from the Seneca Planning Commission Tuesday night that helps a company begin a new home development between Old Salem Road and Lake Keowee. The R-15 zoning recommendation of 39-acres on the west side of Old Salem Road, 330 feet north of Loran Pointe Circle, now goes to city council for final approval. A Tennessee company […]

A large white oak tree in Memorial Stadium is dying, so Clemson University plans to remove the safety hazard. Following the 2015 football season, Clemson University will plant a bald cypress to replace the white oak in the southeast corner of the lower seating bowl. According to the university arborist, university landscape services and an external consultant, the root system […]

New Hope Baptist Church hosts a blood drive on Sunday, Sept. 27 for a sophomore at Walhalla High School who was recently diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. Support Maggie Wells by donating blood from 11:30am to 4pm at New Hope Baptist Church at 4010 Keowee School Road in Seneca. If you plan to donate, the Blood Connection suggests that you eat […]

Play corn hole with the Seneca Bobcats on Thursday, Sept. 24 at McDonald’s. This free corn hole tournament begins at 6pm with practice offered at 5pm. The first three place teams receive prizes from McDonald’s. Spirit Night for Seneca High School runs from 5-8pm with 15% of all sales and $.75 per cookie sold donated to the Bobcat Booster Club. […]

Writer and stand-up comedian Carolyn Lee Adams discusses her first published book, Ruthless, on Sept. 28 at Tri-County Technical College. The event, from 1:20-2:20pm, takes place in the Marshall Parker Auditorium on the Pendleton Campus. It is sponsored by the College’s Enrichment Series Committee and is free and open to the public. Adams released Ruthless, a psychological thriller told in […]

Suzhou Glacier Import & Export Co., Ltd., a global textiles manufacturer, is establishing Upstate operations with the creation of Cold Mountain Material Corporation in Greenville County. The company is investing $24 million to open a new manufacturing facility, creating an expected 109 new jobs in Travelers Rest. The company’s Greenville County operations will be housed in an existing 170,000-square-foot building […]

On Tuesday, the South Carolina State Election Commission celebrated National Voter Registration Day, a nationwide effort to register voters before upcoming elections in November. The State Election Commission encourages all residents to exercise that right to vote in all elections, including the more than 150 elections throughout the state on Nov. 3. The first step is registering to vote. You […]

As growth comes to Oconee County, every community will face questions about how land should be developed, where businesses should be encouraged to locate, where and how housing, including affordable workforce homes, should be built, which natural resources should be preserved, and most importantly how infrastructure should be laid out to best suit each community’s needs, while also being most […]

The Oconee County Public Library, in partnership with the Oconee Heritage Center, is undertaking the creation of an oral history program to help preserve the distinct history of Oconee County. The focus is collecting stories that relate to county history and memories of the changes that have taken place within the county in the past century, as well as the […]