By Norm Cannada The Journal WALHALLA —Walhalla City Council could approve a new zoning district by tonight. Council is scheduled to vote on final reading of an amended ordinance creating an R-10 zoning district designation at its meeting at 5:30 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall. A public input…
Read moreThe Journal staff WESTMINSTER — Westminster City Council is set to swear in three new members at its first meeting of the new year tonight. Former councilmen Rusty Cater and Danny Duncan will rejoin council as they take their oaths of office alongside newcomer Brad Chastain at the meeting, set…
Read moreThe Journal staff WALHALLA — Oconee County Council will begin back-to-back meetings in executive session tonight to discuss increased construction activity in Oconee County. Action items on the 4:30 p.m. special meeting agenda include discussion on building standards and the county’s planning and response to increased construction. Oconee had 1,133…
Read moreBy Greg Oliver The Journal CLEMSON — Some Clemson University students spent their day off for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by giving back to the community to honor the legacy of the late civil rights leader. Clemson University graduate student Cierra Townsen, left, and…
Read moreBy Norm Cannada The Journal SENECA — On the day set aside to remember the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an Oconee County pastor encouraged more than 130 people at a breakfast in Seneca to honor the slain civil rights leader by following their dreams. …
Read moreBy Riley Morningstar The Journal SENECA — On a fall morning in 2018, Nicole Yemothy’s livelihood was left smoldering after a fire ripped through her Seneca home. Multiple family pets died of smoke inhalation. It took 11 months for the home on Shady Lane to…
Read moreBy Caitlin Herrington The Journal SENECA — After 46 years of working 24/7, most humans would be ready to retire. But officials say that’s not even close to being the case for Oconee Nuclear Station. After beginning operations in 1973, Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station is…
Read moreBy Greg Oliver The Journal CLEMSON — A committee that had long been dormant in the city of Clemson has been revived and new members approved by city council. Macie Smith, 2, throws her hands in the air as she goes down a slide at Nettles…
Read moreBy Norm Cannada The Journal SENECA — After years of dreaming, planning and hoping, sewer service could be available in at least some parts of southern Oconee County by late next year. Officials are working through preliminary engineering and final design phases of a plan…
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