It’s been about two months now since we picked a little bone of contention with the School District of Oconee County, and they with us, over the exact number of school administrators earning six-figure salaries.

You may have noticed the flags atop government buildings were being flown at half-staff Friday and wondered why. We thought it appropriate to use this space today to answer that question.

In recent years, Steak in Oconee has become an annual highlight on the fall calendar — a chance to celebrate the county’s rich and vibrant agriculture industry and for business leaders, farmers, elected officials and others to gather and discuss how to engage youth in agriculture, as well as ways to help local farmers grow their productions.

For many of you, Monday night was a harrowing experience, with heavy winds and rain leaving trees down around the area, thousands without power and an untold number with property damage.

From our perspective, it could hardly have been a better night in the city of Seneca on Sunday for the inaugural Labor Day Brew & ‘Que.

As we celebrate a holiday that honors the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our great country, we hope you’ll join us for an event that allows us to put work aside for an evening to enjoy some good food and fun.

When it comes to tragedy on the roadways, Labor Day weekend — this weekend — is the second-deadliest weekend of the year.

Many watching the devastation wrought in Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey have likely wondered how they can help those affected by the unprecedented rainfall and historic flooding.

Here’s some good news you can take to the bank: Oconee County is putting people to work. Relentlessly.

One of the more memorable adages Dabo Swinney has espoused during his tenure as Clemson’s head football coach — and there have been several — is, “It’s only unthinkable if you don’t think it.”

Odds are high that regardless of what industry in which you’re employed, and away from work as well, technology has become an increasing part of your daily life.

While students in Oconee and Pickens counties returned to school last week — and can finally settle into a routine with the solar eclipse having come and gone — a great number more students will return to class in Pickens County today.

In the news business, stories come along every so often that dominate headlines for weeks or months at a time, but we struggle to think of many topics that have gotten more ink recently than the lead-up to Monday’s total solar eclipse.

While the school year is only a day old, high school football season is already upon us, and The Journal will once again have wall-to-wall — and sideline-to-sideline —coverage of the four schools within our delivery area.