Staff Bio: Carlos Galarza

Carlos Galarza covers economic development, the courts, Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the Town of Salem.

A native of Puerto Rico who graduated from City College of New York, Galarza has worked for various daily and weekly newspapers in Florida during the past 17 years.

He was a reporter with the Orlando Business Journal before moving to the Upstate, where he joined the Daily Journal/Messenger staff Nov. 13, 2006.

Recent Stories

• Storyteller tackles Oconee County history
  Audiovisual production looks to promote area to a wider audience
  Friday, May 2, 2008
  A master storyteller from Minnesota has accepted the challenge of packing the rich history and heritage of Oconee County into a dramatic video that promoters of the project hope could be used to showcase the local area to a broader audience.
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• Tourism cluster to include Oconee lakes
  Tuesday, May 22, 2007
  Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee in Oconee County are identified for their tourism development potential in a Tourism Action Plan (TAP) study circulating throughout economic development circles in the state.
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• Oconee identified as part of ‘tourism cluster’
  Saturday, May 19, 2007
  Oconee County should benefit along with the rest of the Upstate region being targeted as a “Tourism Destination Area” by the state.
  In its new South Carolina Tourism Action Plan, the state wants to develop tourism clusters that would attract inland visitors and thus expand the state’s tourism industry beyond its popular coastal areas.
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