The 2026 Anderson County Comprehensive Plan (Part 1) is a strategic document designed to guide the physical, social, and economic development of Anderson County, South Carolina, through the year 2036.

Anderson County is trying to do something that sounds simple until it isn't: grow without losing its character. The county's 2026 Comprehensive Plan, unanimously approved this spring in its ...

The G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse on McDuffie Street is entering what may be its final chapter as an active courtroom, another piece of Anderson’s civic ...

Observer Reports With the general elections less than two months away, the South Carolina State Election Commission is encouraging eligible residents to register to vote or confirm that their ...

The event, “Conversations on a Bench,” is part of a North American initiative coordinated by Citygate Network in the days leading up to World Homeless Day. The concept is simple but deliberately ...

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer The Belton Area Museum is marking a year of celebrations with a new exhibit, “Revolution, A Call to Arms,” part of the national observance leading toward the United ...

The desire for a home for a county history museum began in the late 1970s, when members of the Anderson County Historical Society, Anderson Heritage and other local preservation advocates began ...

Cities rarely change all at once. They change through documents few residents read in full; through a street closed for paving; through a new apartment building rising where an industrial property ...

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer On Thursday, the U.S. General Services Administration added the G. Ross Anderson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse, on McDuffie Street in downtown ...

Sullivan's most enduring physical legacy in Anderson is tied to the city's infrastructure. During his administration as mayor in 1940, Anderson completed its first viaduct to connect Murray Avenue and ...

That’s why beginning Oct. 1 the Anderson County Library will reopen its Free Halloween Costume Shop at the Main Library Branch in Anderson.

In early April, when the dogwoods along Main Street are beginning to gamble on spring, Anderson will ask itself — quietly, on a Tuesday — what kind of city it wants to be. On April 7, two of the ...