Category: News

The SC Department of Employment and Workforce made a voluntary payment of $60 million to the federal government for the agency’s unemployment trust fund loan. “Making this $60 million early repayment and saving the taxpayers and businesses of South Carolina $1.4 million in interest is great news and exactly what is possible when a state sees the kind of economic […]

The popular annual youth fishing rodeo at Piedmont Forestry Center near Tamassee in Oconee County will be held May 17 from 8am until 1pm. The free day of fun and fishing is for youth 12 years of age and younger at the S.C. Forestry Commission’s PiedmontForestryCenter at 151 Piedmont Nursery Road in Tamassee. Participants should by calling 803-737-8483. Participants should also […]

Lakeview Assisted Living, a part of SENIOR Solutions, will be receiving a gazebo and a day filled with activities from Operation INASMUCH, a philanthropic mission organized by St. John’s Lutheran Church of Walhalla.  The event will take place on Saturday, May 3 at Lakeview Assisted Living in Walhalla.  St. John’s Lutheran Church Spiritual Gifts Coordinator Joan Lewis reached out to […]

A new poll by National Right to Life and South Carolina Citizens for Life finds that 63% of registered voters in South Carolina support a law that would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks, when there is overwhelming scientific evidence that the unborn child is capable of feeling pain. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act passed the South Carolina House of […]

Grab your lab coat and safety goggles because this summer is all about experimenting with STEAM, that is to say science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  Join the Oconee County Public Library for our Fizz, Boom, Read! summer reading program where you win prizes for reading books, make cool stuff, witness mind-blowing science experiments and meet fascinating people, all at […]

Voting has officially begun for the Oconee County Chamber’s Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner “Spotlight Oconee”. Each year, the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce recognizes outstanding businesses and individuals for their contributions to the growth and improvement of OconeeCounty. The recognition takes place at the Chamber’s annual meeting, where Chamber members also hear about the Chamber’s future plans and vision […]

The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce proudly announces Bill and Phyllis Thraves as the recipients of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce’s Hall of Fame Award for 2014. The award will be presented at Spotlight Oconee, the Chamber’s Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, explains executive director Jillian Lusk. “Since 1982, the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors selects […]

On May 20, the Greater Oconee County Chamber of Commerce hosts Spotlight Oconee at the Lighthouse Restaurant in Seneca.  Jillian Lusk, executive director of the Greater Oconee County Chamber of Commerce says the annual event has two purposes.  “Spotlight Oconee, which is a double event if you will, it is the Chamber’s annual meeting where we get to talk about […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man on Sunday evening on drug charges during routine road patrol operations, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “26-year-old Jerry Arimando Ortega, Jr. of 301 Zion Hill Road in Seneca was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 6:12pm.  According to deputies, an officer performed a traffic […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces two additional arrests in Phase Five of Operation Infinity.  The operation began last Wednesday morning and the Sheriff’s Office is being assisted by officers from Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster Police Departments.  In all, 20 individuals were being sought on a variety of drug distribution charges that stretched from methamphetamine to marijuana to crack to […]