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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 […]

The City of Seneca has two museums on West South 1st Street but these museums are very different, says curator and director Dr. John Martin. “The Lunney House Museum is an architectural house, in other words you are looking at an American Queen Anne style bungalow very few of them exist particularly from the time of the turn of the […]

Seneca plans no property tax increases next year; however, sewer customers are to pay 5% more for the replacement of some lift stations. The Seneca City Council held first reading on the proposed 2015-16 fiscal year budget at their monthly meeting Tuesday night. Seneca Finance Officer and Clerk-Treasurer Joel Seavey tells more about the budget. “It had a few increases […]

In an effort to tell more youth from disadvantaged backgrounds about the benefits of earning a degree, the Educational Talent Search Program at Tri-County Technical College is reaching out through Social Media, explains coordinator Herm Allen. “We have taken on a Social Media initiative, so right now Tri-County Technical College’s ETS Program is out on Social Media, we are on […]