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Gang graffiti has been scribbled on property at the Walhalla Swimming Pool, and Councilwoman Sarai Melendez raised the issue last night of whether anything is being done to remove it. Attempts so far, according to recreation director John Galbreath, have met without success. But Galbreath is going to get help. Councilman David Underwood volunteered and received permission to attempt his […]

There is a new liaison between Walhalla and the goings on inside the city’s downtown business district. The city has hired a Main Street coordinator. City Administrator Brent Taylor last night introduced Libby Imobdy to the city council and said that she will take charge of special events. Imody said she’s grateful for the opportunity and looks forward to the […]

On Monday the Walhalla Fire Department will be operated by the Seneca Fire Department. Walhalla Chief Brandon Burton says his entire department will spend Monday at the Stumphouse Mountain Park in rescue training and learning the new trails created by the mountain bike park. Burton told the city council that, as the new trails open, more and more people are […]

There was a new look at the head of the meeting table last night at the Walhalla City Hall. In place of the absent Mayor Danny Edwards, Mayor Pro-tem Danny Woodward ran the meeting. Woodward was appointed second-in-charge commensurate with the new calendar year. February 5, 2020 Dick Mangrum

By this morning there apparently have been no reported signs of the escaped North Carolina prisoner Kevin B. Adams. “We are still looking for him,” says John Bull, spokesman for the NC Department of Public Safety. The search has drawn attention in Oconee County, for Adams has ties to the county. And, according to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, the escaped […]

In one day, the city of Seneca and Lake Hartwell Country combined for two sessions directed to front-line tourist workers and how they impact the local economy. Phil Shirley, director of Oconee PRT, spoke during both sessions yesterday and focused on ways to entice tourists and visitors to extend their stays in Oconee County and come back. About 20 people […]

Seneca appears close to adding a new eatery. It’s Mayberry’s Soup and Sandwiches. And tomorrow morning the city’s Improvements Corporation meets to review how the city’s commercial building and economic development incentives programs may assist Mayberry’s in its plans for Seneca. February 4, 2020 Dick Mangrum

A vote last night by the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority is seen as a sign that piped sewer to I-85 in Oconee is closer than ever. The sewer board voted to enter into a contract with an engineering firm for a final design of the I-85 corridor expansion project. Davis and Floyd are to receive up to […]