Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, State administrative entity for the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act, invites public comment regarding proposed performance goals for Program Year 2013.  The Workforce Investment Act proposed goals reflect increases over Program Year 2012 goals in five of the nine performance measures. Three proposed goals are at current levels and one represents a decrease. […]

This Saturday, June 8, is National Get Outdoors Day and the Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau wants Oconee County residents to explore the great outdoors of the Golden Corner of South Carolina.  Ken Sloan, president and CEO of the Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau gives a few of the exciting outdoor attractions in Oconee County.  “The lakes are […]

With Walhalla scheduled to open its pool later this month, the City of Seneca is offering equipment and spare parts from its old pool.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander gives details.  “Our pool is closed and we don’t see opening it up there at all because if we did ever do anything it probably would be at a different site, but […]

On Saturday, 667 Oconee County School District graduates will walk across the stage at Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum.  The Class of 2013 earned an impressive $20,243,809 in scholarship monies. Congratulations to the Salutatorian and Valedictorian from each high school.  These students will address their classmates during graduation:  Ashley Mae Carroll, Salutatorian and Grace Elisabeth Moxley, Valedictorian from Walhalla High School; Shelby […]

AAA Carolinas has ranked the most substandard bridges in South Carolina.  For the 12th time since 2000, the Interstate 26 Bridge that passes over the railroad three miles northwest of Columbia has ranked number one.  AAA Carolinas, an affiliate of the American Automobile Association, releases the rankings each year. For their 2013 rankings, AAA Carolinas found that the top 20 substandard […]

From the employment experts at CareerBuilder.com comes a report on how an improving housing market is helping the jobs market and vice versa. CareerBuilder’s Jennifer Grasz gives details.  “There several industry segments that are closely tied to the housing sector that have experienced encouraging job growth over the last 12-18 months as home prices and sales inch up and the […]

Clemson University students have chosen Ashby Bodine the Alumni Master Teacher for 2013. Bodine is professor emeritus/visiting professor in the department of animal and veterinary sciences in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences.  Bodine’s research has been on the biochemistry and immunology of archaic vertebrates, in particular, sharks, rays and skates.  The Alumni Master Teacher Award for outstanding […]

Students from Clemson University’s College of Health, Education and Human Development are not waiting until graduation to tackle the issues of breast cancer and heart disease, which are among the leading causes of death of women ages 45 and older in the United States.  This summer, nursing and public health sciences students, supervised by professional faculty and staff from the Joseph […]

A Seneca Police Officer has been honored at the state level.  Staff Sergeant Robbie Johnson is the South Carolina American Legion 2013 Officer of the Year.  Johnson was nominated for the award by his supervisor, Captain Tommy Williams.  “The American Legion does a yearly nomination for a local officer and in this case it was my pleasure to nominate Robbie […]

Two more suspects sought in the recent drug round up by the Seneca Police Department are in jail.  The Seneca Police Department reports that 30-year-old Gerome Christopher Smith and 19-year-old Christopher James Roger, both from Seneca, were arrested on Monday.  Smith was charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine.  Roger faces two counts of distribution of marijuana.  The […]