Lauren Pierce

WALHALLA — After a month of operating under a provisional budget, Walhalla City Council is expected to consider final approval of the city's fiscal year 2026-27 budget after a committee recommended a resolution to an issue that derailed the budget's original adoption.

WALHALLA — Walhalla City Council's Finance, Budgeting, Purchasing and Contracting Committee unanimously recommended Monday moving forward with placing a new one-cent municipal sales tax referendum before voters in November.

WEST UNION — West Union Town Council took the first step Wednesday toward letting residents decide whether to adopt a one-cent sales tax, unanimously approving first reading of an ordinance that would place the question on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

WALHALLA — Walhalla City Council is taking the next step toward hiring its next city administrator.

SENECA — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford made a campaign stop Friday at Little Pigs BBQ in Seneca, where he met with residents and outlined the fiscal message he hopes will propel him to the Republican nomination in the upcoming special U.S. Senate primary.

WALHALLA — The city of Walhalla’s drinking water met or exceeded all federal drinking water standards in 2025, according to the city’s annual Water Quality Report recently mailed to customers.

CLEMSON — Benjamin Ayers has begun his tenure as Clemson University’s 16th president, saying during his first news conference Monday that he plans to spend his first months listening to

WALHALLA — Walhalla City Council now has a vacant seat after Councilman Josh Holliday announced his resignation Tuesday.

WALHALLA — Oconee County Planning Commission spent time Monday debating one question: What qualifies as a “major subdivision?”

SENECA — The future role of Oconee County on a committee studying the possible reconstitution of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority came into question Monday after county officials said