Category: News

Walhalla celebrates the country’s birthday on Independence Eve. Vanessa Penton of the Greater Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce invites everyone at 6 o’clock Thursday evening for the fun, the food and the fireworks. There will be food booths, bouncy houses and music. The fireworks will begin shortly after 9 o’clock.

The city of Clemson is experiencing an increase in discoloration, turbidity, in its drinking water. And it is prevalent all the way along the highway 76 transmission line leading to the city, the university, Town of Pendleton, and the Sandy Springs Water District. According to the city of Anderson’s utilities director, Anderson is experiencing the same discoloration issues in its […]

Officials with the SC Department of Natural Resources say the white-nose syndrome which has affected bat populations in the upstate has now moved into the midlands of SC. Recently the disease was discovered in a tri-colored bat in Richland County.Previously, the only known cases of the disease in South Carolina had beenfound in the mountain counties of Pickens and Oconee. […]

The South Carolina department of public safety reports 5 people were killed on South Carolina roadways this past weekend. This includes a 73 year old pedestrian in Laurens. Authorities with the SC Highway Patrol say Edgar Philson died at the scene after he was struck by vehicle. Authorities say an accident in Greenville took the life of an 18 year […]

Tuition, housing and meal plans at Clemson University are on the increase. Those fees are set to be increased by an average of 3 percent this fall. Officials with the University say the increase will partially offset mandatory payroll and retirement and health insurance cost increases. In-state students will see general tuition increase by about $171 per semester and an […]

Around 100 people were on hand Saturday for the dedication of the new veterans monument in West Union. The West Union Town Council along with members of the county delegation, county council leaders, and veterans groups participated in the ceremony. The event was held at the MemoryGarden near the West Union Fire department. The Sons of the American Legion Squadron […]

The 13 year old CAT bus route operating between Clemson University, Pendleton and Tri-County Technical College will continue for another year! Although formal ratification will not be approved by the Clemson City Council until July 7, the Pendleton Route will not be interrupted at any time during the next ten days. The critical portion of the CATbus 4-U Route connecting […]

The Oconee Planning Office confirmed this afternoon that a new Lake Keowee home development, as many as 250 lots, is in the works—the result of last week’s land deal involving Crescent Communities and as many as three limited liability companies. Josh Stephens of the planning office says his office has on file documents, available for public perusal, that show the […]

A spokeswoman for Duke Energy says her company has come up with “some additional information” which it intends to present to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the manner of an apparent violation last year in Unit One at Oconee Nuclear. Commenting on an announcement made Thursday by the NRC, Duke’s B-J Gatten said her company, in analyzing the government watchdog’s […]

A sing covers the windows of Sammeth’s Drug Company on North Townville Street in downtown Seneca notify customers that the pharmacy has closed. The closing of the downtown business comes as a surprise to locals. As store shelves are emptied this afternoon, a sign left by the store’s management is referring those with prescriptions and other store accounts to CVS […]