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Hall County sheriff responds to inmate lawsuit

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch is going on the defensive against claims lodged against him and several of his jailers in a lawsuit brought...

Business with ties to crypto-mining to set up shop in Baldwin

At their September meeting, the Habersham County Development Authority approved an amended property sale agreement to Precision Digital, a Gainesville-based technology company with ties...

Alto lifts boil water advisory

The town of Alto has lifted the boil water advisory it issued earlier this week for some of its water customers. Town Clerk Penny Rogers...

Iconic ‘Tim Loves Tink’ underpass to be site of Cornelia mural art project

"Tim Loves Tink." Say those words to anyone familiar with Cornelia and chances are, they'll know exactly what you're talking about...and where. The graffitied love...

Gates Foundation honors Carters with lifetime achievment award

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter. The CEO...

Huffman appointed district chair of Georgia Funeral Director’s Association

Whitfield Funeral Home Director and General Manager Everett Huffman has been appointed to serve this year as a district chair for the Georgia Funeral...

Fulton DA rejects claims of official role by Trump ‘fake electors’ in 2020 election...

(GA Recorder) — Fulton County prosecutors describe a trio of Georgians who served on a false slate of Republican electors in the 2020 presidential...

HEMC to reopen Clarkesville office Thursday after small fire forced it to close

Habersham EMC headquarters in Clarkesville will be back open for business on Thursday after temporarily closing its doors due to a fire. The fire...

Contractors may have to haul their trash outside of Habersham

Eight months. That's the amount of time left before Habersham County's construction and demolition cell (C&D) at the county landfill is full, according to...

2 arrested in Hall County shooting death

Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigators have charged two 18-year-olds in connection with yesterday’s fatal shooting of a Greenville, South Carolina, man. Junior Gabriel Linares,...

U.S. Senate confirms a military nominee, the first since Tuberville blockade began

(GA Recorder) — The U.S. Senate confirmed a nominee for a high-ranking military post Wednesday night and advanced another, the first votes on military...

U.S. attorney general defends Hunter Biden investigation under questioning by House GOP

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. House Republicans led by Ohio’s Jim Jordan on Wednesday grilled U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland about how the Justice...