Category: News

The parking lot of the Walhalla branch of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed for repaving beginning Wednesday, October 16 at 6pm and will remain closed through Monday, October 21, 2013.  The library will be open to the public, but users will have to park on the street during the repaving process.  Library patrons are also advised that repaving may be delayed […]

On October 25th at 7pm, the Oconee County Public Library invites the community to step back in time, a century and a half ago, and experience live entertainment that was popular during the Civil War.  For the ongoing sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the war, Salem Library will host a free concert by Philip Cheney and The Cheney Minstrels of Civil War […]

A $250,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission will add 24 new welding booths and equipment at Tri-County Technical College’s Industrial Technology Center, allowing the College to expand enrollment in one of its fastest-growing technical programs.  There are currently 120 students enrolled in the Welding program, between day and evening classes.  This grant will allow the college to expand the […]

A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Anderson QuickJobs Development Center will be held on Friday at 10:30am.  The QuickJobs Development Center will allow Tri-County Technical College to meet the goals of employers and to provide the necessary training to build a strong, viable workforce serving Anderson County.  The public is invited to attend. The dedication ceremony will feature comments […]

SC Works WorkLink will hold its first monthly Employer Hiring Event on Thursday, October 17th.  The event will be held at the Gignilliat Community Center in Seneca from 9am until noon.  Employers will be on hand to screen applications and résumés, as well as talk with and interview job seekers for open positions they are trying to fill. Some of the confirmed […]

The Pickens County Habitat for Humanity seeks build partners to help provide partial funding and volunteers to assist low-income Pickens County families in building “safe, decent, and affordable” homes.  A build partner can be any group of volunteers willing to come alongside approved homeowner families and assist them by volunteering time on the build site and providing funds to purchase […]

Radon Awareness Week is October 20th -26th, and health agencies throughout the United States have joined forces to promote awareness of the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers. The American Lung Association, Centers for Disease Control, and National Cancer Institute all agree that radon is a National health problem and encourage radon testing during the October awareness drive. Radon […]

Wells Fargo has given $500,000 to Clemson University to support two programs aimed at improving educational opportunities for underrepresented populations: Call Me MISTER and Emerging Scholars. Call Me MISTER began in 2000 with the goal of placing more African-American males in elementary school classrooms as teachers. Emerging Scholars began in 2002 with the mission of enhancing South Carolina’s economic prosperity by increasing the number of college graduates who come from economically […]

Oconee Medical Center announces that at noon on October 23rd, golf balls will rain down on the front lawn of the hospital.  This is part of the hospital’s annual Golf Classic on October 24th at Keowee Key and Cross Creek Plantation to raise money for the Oconee Medical Center Foundation, explains executive director Cortni Nations. “We are selling 200 balls […]

The School District of Oconee County is notifying parents about an upcoming free orthopaedic screening and FBI Child ID Program.  The event takes place on Saturday, October 26th from 9am to noon at the Greenville Shriners Hospital, which is located at 950 West Faris Road in Greenville.  Children from birth up to 18 years of age, who have an orthopaedic […]