Category: News

The Oconee Medical Center Foundation recently received a $30,000 gift from the Howard Green Foundation to help fund a new Community Access Dental Clinic for low income, uninsured adults through the Mountain Lakes Access Health network. This gift was made possible through the efforts of Foundation Trustee, Ivor Rich, who lives in Oconee County. The Howard Green Foundation was founded in 1999, and […]

Clemson University officials will dedicate the new 100,000-square-foot Life Sciences Facility on campus in a public ceremony at 1pm Friday. The $50 million facility has been designed for a new era of collaborative, interdisciplinary research and education for the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences. The facility has 25 laboratories, organized by research clusters that focus on emerging pathogens, […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement on the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. “Chuck Hagel is a good man, but these are dangerous times.  What kind of signal are we sending to the Iranians when our nominee for Secretary of Defense seems clueless about what our policy is?  I hope the Obama Administration will […]

The Fifth Annual Tri-County Technical College FLL Regional Tournament will take place this Saturday, February 9 from 9am to 3pm.  The tournament was originally scheduled for February 2 but icy weather forced its postponement.  Eighteen teams, representing students from Upstate elementary and middle schools, will compete in a regional qualifying event for FIRST LEGO League teams.  Around 200 students, ages […]

Duke Energy has completed improvement work at a number of the recreation and public access areas located on Lake Keowee in Oconee County and Lake Jocassee in Pickens County. The projects recently completed on Lake Keowee are the Stamp Creek access area, Keowee Town access area, South Cove County Park and Mile Creek County Park.  Improvements include adding courtesy docks […]

Mike Oetker, a fisheries biologist with extensive experience in interstate water issues, will be the new Deputy Regional Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta. Oetker, a 13-year Service veteran, has been the Assistant Regional Director for the Fisheries Program in the Service’s Southwest Region since 2008. The mission of the U.S. Fish and […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces four people were killed on state roads and highways from Friday, February 1, at 6pm until Sunday, February 3, at midnight. As of February 3, 49 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 82 highway deaths in this same time period in 2012. Oconee County reports no deaths in 2013 compared to two […]

Just after 8am Monday morning, Oconee County firefighters were alerted to a report of a residential structure fire on Oak Grove Road in Westminster.  Firefighters arrived on scene within ten minutes to find the home full of smoke and well involved in fire, including fire through the roof. The family was outside the home. Firefighters from four stations brought the blaze under […]

Clemson University Police are investigating a bomb threat to the Hendrix Student Center.  Monday morning, authorities were informed of a bomb threat and the building was immediately evacuated.  Standard procedure in bomb threat cases is for the area to be cleared before officers begin their search of the property.  Authorities found nothing suspicious in the building.  Students and faculty returned […]

Motorists are being advised about a road closure that could influence travel in and around the Golden Coroner.  An announcement from the Oconee County Emergency Services says there will be an emergency road closure of Jacobs Road off Highway 123 between Seneca and Clemson on Tuesday from 9:30am to 4pm due to immediately required railroad crossing repairs being performed by […]