Category: News

The School District of Oconee County recently presented top awards for 2014-15. Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland gives this year’s three major honorees. “It is a privilege and honor each year to be able to award three people with those awards; the Teacher of the Year, Support Employee of the Year and the Volunteer of the Year. This […]

Tamassee-Salem Middle and High School is not closing and students will attend school there in the fall. Rumors have circulated in the Town of Salem that the school would be consolidated into the new Walhalla High School set to open in August off Highway 11, explains Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland. “The School Board has not taken any […]

The Daniel High School Performance Band entertains the community at an outdoor concert by the lake tonight. Bring your lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the melodies of this performance band at Duke Energy’s World of Energy. The concert begins at 6:30pm and transportation to the lake point will be provided for those who need it from the parking area […]

A Clemson Public Service and Agriculture magazine that enhances economic development in agribusiness, South Carolina’s largest industry, won a Notable State Document award from the South Carolina State Library. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that Clemson Impacts, a publication that highlights Clemson research; Extension; and regulatory programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources, was one of 10 publications […]

The City of Seneca’s regularly scheduled June Council meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 6pm.

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority Finance Committee Meeting scheduled for today, Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 4pm and the Planning and Policy Committee Meeting scheduled at 5pm have both been cancelled until further notice.

April unemployment figures show declines in the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina. According the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Oconee County’s jobless rate in April stands at 5.7%, which is down from 5.8% reported in March. Pickens County posted 5.8% in April and 5.9% in March. For April, Anderson County’s unemployment rate is 5.5% with March’s rate […]

The Oconee County Council holds a public hearing for Ordinance 2015-17, which is an ordinance amending Chapter 2, Article IV, Division 9, Section 2-400(a) on the Oconee County Conservation Bank Board Membership of the Oconee County Code of Ordinances, in certain limited regards and particulars only; and other matters related thereto on June 16 at 6pm in Council Chambers of […]

Clemson University Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney will not attend a fundraiser held by the Palmetto Family Council on June 2 after being invited to do so. The Associated Press reports that Swinney was to receive an award from the group. Both the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and South Carolina State Representative Todd Rutherford asked Swinney to skip […]

An alert to students and staff went out Wednesday, after a black bear was spotted on the campus of Clemson University. The bear was seen near Thornhill Village and Calhoun Courts around 1pm. Students were told to take shelter and call 911 if they saw the bear. DNR officials say this is the time of year where you could spot […]