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100 free microchips for local pets are available today from 10am until 3pm at the Oconee Humane Society on Sandifer Boulevard. If your dog or cat gets lost, a shelter or veterinarian would be able to scan the chip and find the owner. For more information you can visit OconeeHumane.org.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting that left one person dead. It happened around 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning on Belton Highway, and all started with a fight over a motorcycle, deputies said. Kevin B. Pierce, 30, was shot in the head and taken to the hospital where he died, according to the Anderson County Coroner’s Office. Detectives have […]

The Seneca Planning Commission agreed Monday night to request city council approval of annexing property on Fairfield Drive in the vicinity of S. Depot Street and Mormon Church Road. Seven acres of land would be zoned as R-10. Reports stated that the city has been informed of the current owner’s intent to sell the property to a developer, and that […]

For the next six months, at least, the City of Walhalla has voted unanimously to prohibit the building of any new big or small box discount stores within it’s limits. In the meantime, city officials will review the local zoning ordinance. A small box store is believed to have wanted to put a location within the historic district of downtown […]

An accident on SC 81 just north of Star in Anderson County claimed the life of one individual and sent another to an area hospital, according to Trooper Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, who said it happened around 6:00 am this morning…

The City of Clemson Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on April 5th to consider a petition to annex 66 acres of unincorporated property from Anderson County. The proposed zoning is R-20 single-family residential and is contiguous with existing limits. This isn’t the first time Clemson, which is in Pickens County, has tried it’s hand at land grabbing. More […]

Some Republicans in Oconee County think that, for a county that professes to be conservative, many of the elected leaders and members of the local party are not being vocal enough about their values. That includes David McMahan, who along with first term county council member Matthew Durham, are part of a group of local republicans who have displayed road […]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is accepting public comment now through April 8th on an application for a new marina on Lake Keowee. Sunset Marina would occupy the former Gap Hill Marina and would cover just over 6 acres. 13 boat docks would accommodate 171 watercraft. It would also include a concrete access ramp to support a dry-stack facility outside […]

Anderson Interfaith Ministries, in partnership with the Anderson County government, has launched the COVID-Relief Fund program. The funding will be used to provide rental and utility assistance to qualifying households in Anderson County. County Administrator Rusty Burns hopes the more than $6 million dollars in funding from The U.S. Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program will bring some relief to […]