Category: News

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a regulatory conference with officials of Duke Energy for July 31 to discuss an apparent violation of NRC requirements involving a crack in a weld on the Unit 1 high-pressure injection system at the Oconee Nuclear Station. The Oconee County plant is operated by Duke Energy near Seneca. NRC and Duke Energy officials […]

Are you interested in starting your own small business? Do you already own a business and you would like to have more information on how to get to the next level? Attend the Oconee County’s Small Business Resource Fair on July 29 from 4-7pm. Oconee Economic Alliance executive director Richard Blackwell says this event offers something for everyone in business. […]

Members of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce are invited to a special July Business After Hours event at the Hampton Inn and Suites of Seneca. A ribbon cutting and pig roast is planned for July 31 from 5:30-7:30pm at the hotel located at 1011 East North 1st Street. The event is open to chamber members only. Oconee County Chamber […]

South Carolina’s U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott proposed hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending cuts over the past year according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF). The NTUF recently released the results of a study, which analyzed the fiscal impact of senators’ legislative agendas. The study cross-referenced the cost and savings of legislation introduced in […]

A free voucher in Seneca mailboxes is promoting a special on spay/neutering at the Oconee Humane Society. Karen Mattern, Board Member of the Oconee Humane Society gives details. “This offer is basically the same thing as our previous $6 Fix Program but we are nearing the end of that program and we just wanted to try to encourage people that […]

Clemson University has been awarded $11 million to expand a bioengineering center that helps mentor junior faculty members as they research how lab-grown tissue can treat some of the world’s most debilitating diseases, ranging from heart disease to spinal cord injuries. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that scientists expect the program will encourage an upward spiral that leads […]

South Carolina garnered national attention last night, but for the wrong reason. On his NBC late night talk show last night, Jimmy Fallon used South Carolina as a punchline in his monologue. He joked about plastic bags stuffed with candy and KKK recruitment flyers left on neighborhood streets in South Carolina over the weekend. Similar reports of KKK flyers left […]

The number of Americans living in multi-generational homes has hit a record 57-million people. That’s just over 18% of the population. Pew researchers say, in the past, it was usually aging parents, who moved in with their adult kids. For the first time they found more young adults living with their parents. Richard Fry, a senior economist with Pew Research, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Seneca residents late Wednesday evening on drug charges after a deputy responded to a call at South Cove County Park. 20-year-old Summer Elizabeth Fricks and 18-year-old Michael-Damion Bradley were both booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around midnight after both were charged with simple possession of marijuana. A deputy was dispatched to […]

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that 54-year-old James Newton of Easley pled guilty in federal court in Anderson to possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Timothy Cain accepted the plea and will sentence Newton once a pre-sentence investigation report has been prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that […]