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More wind than rain was recorded in Walhalla during Sunday and Monday nights’ thunderstorms, reports Official U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson from her weather station at Hickory Hollow Farm in Walhalla. “Well the one on Sunday night was a lot of wind, a few little limbs came down and we only had .21 of precipitation. Yesterday, the big storm went […]

Over 360 members have had their power restored and 974 members are still without power, according to the latest announcement from Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. The largest majority of those members, 937, without service are located in Oconee County. Fresh crews from electric cooperatives in Georgia and South Carolina and additional contract employees arrived this morning to help with the […]

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority Board approved bids on improvement projects at their regular monthly meeting Monday night. The projects include enhancing capabilities within the eastern end of their service area near Clemson. One of them guarantees service to the group that is planning the EPOCH student housing complex off Highway 123 behind the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks. In […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of 10 people killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of June 24, 465 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 500 highway deaths during the same time period in 2017. Locally, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety lists Anderson County with 23 roadway deaths […]

Today, June 26, Republican voters in South Carolina go back to the polls to decide who will be the party’s candidate for Governor and Attorney General. Voting in the Republican Party’s Primary Runoff is today, June 26, from 7am to 7pm. Voting takes places at normal polling locations. The candidates running in the Republican Runoff for Governor are Henry McMaster […]

Just as crews with Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative were completing the restoration of power following Sunday night’s strong thunderstorms, a second storm system moved in and caused more outages. This second storm front made its way across the westernmost portion of the cooperative’s service area producing some major problems. At the peak of the outage, 3,683 Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative […]

This Independence Day holiday, a record-breaking 1,312,500 North Carolinians, and more than 661,500 South Carolinians will travel 50 miles or more away from home, which is an increase of more than 5% from last year, taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways to honor the red, white and blue. For those planning a road trip, AAA Carolinas predicts […]