Category: News

The SC Council on Competitiveness unveiled TransformSC, an initiative to transform public education in South Carolina, at an education summit held on May 1. A stellar line up of education innovators and innovation supporters energized and motivated a packed conference of over 300 business leaders, school superintendents, school administrators, school board members, and many other parties interested in rethinking public school […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled an open house for May 9 to discuss the agency’s assessment of safety performance during 2012 for the Oconee nuclear power plant, which is operated by Duke Energy. The open house is scheduled to run from 6 to 7:30pm at the World of Energy, located at 7812 Rochester Highway in Seneca. There will […]

The Board of Hospice of the Foothills is hosting its second annual Sunset Soiree from 6:30 – 9pm on Friday, May 31 at Tiger Park on Highway 93 near the Esso Club in Clemson. This year’s theme is Hawaiian Luau with authentic food, beer, wine and soft drinks. Festivities include a Silent Auction and Live Auction, in addition to live music provided by […]

Generation Opportunity, a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization, is announcing its Millennial Jobs Report for April 2013. The data is non-seasonally adjusted and is specific to 18-29 year olds.  The youth unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds for April 2013 is 11.1%. The effective unemployment rate is 16.1%, which adjusts for labor participation rate by including those who have given up looking for work. The […]

Forty-five Belton-Honea Path seniors attended a special Tri-County Technical College enrollment day at the Watkins Center April 10 and registered for their freshman classes.  For the first time this fall, general education credit courses will be offered at the Senator Billy O’Dell Learning Center in downtown Honea Path’s community center. “After gathering the names of students who had applied last […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety and SUBWAY® Restaurants have announced the winning schools in their W8 2 TXT campaign to prevent distracted driving, especially texting while driving. During March and April, high school students were asked to take the online pledge to wait until they are not behind the wheel to text. The winning schools were based on […]

An energetic crowd greeted Congressman Jeff Duncan and Senator Tim Scott to Oconee County Thursday morning.  Over 100 people gathered at the International Deli in Seneca’s Dogwood Plaza to meet the new U.S. Senator, who was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley after Senator Jim DeMint step down in December.  The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event as means […]

Clemson University has received more than $1 million to establish two endowments, one to provide scholarships and one to create an endowed professorship in the electrical and computer engineering department. Given by an anonymous benefactor, the endowments are named in memory of Clemson alumnus Samuel Lewis Bell. Half of the money will establish the Samuel Lewis Bell and Lucia Beason […]

There are many things to enjoy in the spring, but mosquitoes are not one of them and especially not this year.  Experts across the region are predicting an especially fierce mosquito season again this year due to the warm winter, we experienced and in many areas, the infestations have already started.  A mild winter means we do not see the […]

On June 1 at 8:15am, the eighth edition of the Safe Harbor Cycle Tour will roll out from the Civic Center in Iva, SC.  It has become a yearly tradition for many cyclists throughout the Upstate and beyond.  Crowds have grown each year and, though technically it is a tour where folks are encouraged to come enjoy a ride through […]