Where are the children?
July 11, 2020The state reported this week that 299 School District of Oconee County students have been unaccounted for since the schools closed in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey: Part deux
July 9, 2020There are survey questions, and then there are questionable surveys.
Read it, understand it, then vote on it
July 2, 2020Politicians can sometimes get themselves into trouble for what they don’t say.
A time to help
June 30, 2020The reviews are coming in for Neighbors Helping Neighbors — and the word is getting out about the help locally owned businesses are receiving.
To mask or not to mask
June 27, 2020Clemson City Council this week mandated wearing masks in public. Walhalla will require masks and temperature checks at city government meetings. Clemson University will require masks on campus.
Joining the fight
June 25, 2020Habitat for Humanity of Oconee County is best known for building four or five affordable houses each year for low-income people who are willing to work with the group to construct a home of their own.
The power of talk
June 18, 2020For the second day in a row, the news out of Walhalla has been good. On Wednesday, we praised the city for an emergency curfew Monday night that came after six arrests were made at Walhalla’s Confederate memorial. Not content to do the bare minimum, Walhalla is now forming a diversity committee. “Creating a diversity […]
Safety and free speech in Walhalla
June 17, 2020The arrests of six “people that were not peaceful” Monday in Walhalla led the city to enact an emergency curfew after groups clashed over the city’s Confederate memorial. “We’ve had multiple encounters with people that were not peaceful,” Walhalla Police Chief Sean Brinson said. “We’re concerned for everyone’s safety, so we’re going to enact a […]