Writer Carlos Galarza of Seneca joined the Daily Journal/Messenger November 13, 2006 and has been covering economic development, the courts, Oconee County Sheriff's Office, Pickens County Sheriff's Office, and the Town of Salem. Originally from Puerto Rico, he graduated from City College of New York. Prior to Upstate he spent 17 years working for various daily and weekly newspapers in Florida, the last being the Orlando Business Journal.

Recent Stories

• Oconee meetings spike 42 percent from a year ago
  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
  When it comes to putting in time at work, Oconee County councilmen are giving taxpayers their money’s worth. | Read more

• Jobless numbers on the rise
  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
  Jobs are still hard to come by in Oconee and Pickens counties as unemployment numbers released Friday show. | Read more

• Home sales spike 11.7 percent in Oconee, Pickens counties
  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
  In the best news to come out since the bottom fell out of the housing market two years ago, home sales in the tri-county area of Anderson, Oconee and Pickens went up by almost 12 percent in October compared to a year ago. | Read more

• Oconee County official to tour York County jail
  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
  Oconee County officials are not through visiting jails. | Read more

• The two sides of kudzu
  Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
  Just as the big, bad and ever-growing plant in the “Little Shop of Horrors” rock musical, Oconee County faces a creepy plant of its own. | Read more

• Oconee CVB plans hotel-conference center study
  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
  The Oconee County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) passed a credibility test of sorts this week by requesting and receiving money from the County Council for a study. | Read more

• Just crazy about flying
  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
  Onlookers who observed the Biblical Noah toil on the ark thought he was nuts. | Read more

• After delay, tax notices ready
  Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
  It’s taken longer than usual, but Oconee County taxpayers finally get to know how much they owe to local government. | Read more

• Tourism promoter sees good signs
  Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
  True to her calling as a teacher, Mildred Spearman recently schooled the Oconee County Council on the work to advance tourism in the county. | Read more

• Courthouse settlement talks in the works
  Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
  There might be a light at the end of the tunnel to Oconee County’s ongoing litigation against the architect and builder who botched work at the courthouse. | Read more