Georgia to invest $408M in ARPA funds to expand broadband access
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday awarded $408 million from federal coronavirus relief funds to 49 entities to expand high-speed internet access in rural...
Cornelia approves leaf ordinance, expanded entertainment district
The City of Cornelia unanimously approved an amendment to their city code restricting where residents can place their leaves and brush, as well as...
Groundhogs again offer dueling weather predictions
There will be six more weeks of winter - or early spring - depending on which groundhog prognosticator you choose to believe.
Groundhogs emerged from...
Davis appointed Demorest mayor pro-tem, public safety councilmember
Demorest Mayor Jerry Harkness named city council members to preside over city departments, as well as named the city's mayor pro-tem, at their work...
Commissioners approve participation in Town Creek Road Bridge replacement
The White County Board of Commissioners this week approved two major transportation projects in the county. The first was the approval of a memorandum...
Nearly a year after Georgia mass shootings, bill to loosen gun rules on the...
(GA Recorder) — A Georgia Senate committee advanced legislation that would allow Georgians to carry firearms without a license after hearing testimony from gun...
New Demorest fire truck expected to arrive by end of March
Nine months after the Demorest City Council finalized their purchase of a new fire truck, the council has an estimated arrival date for the...
Report urges Medicaid expansion to combat Georgia’s HIV crisis
Expanding Medicaid would give coverage to thousands of uninsured HIV patients in Georgia and provide millions of dollars of additional services for people infected...
Federal OK sought for two-dose COVID vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday asked the federal government to begin the approval process for a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children...
Lawmakers expected to revisit medical cannabis system that’s left 20,000 patients empty-handed
Three years ago, families of patients who relied on medical cannabis to manage severe illnesses celebrated when state lawmakers finally signed off on local...
Weekly COVID-19 update
Here’s the latest COVID-19 data for the 13 North Georgia counties served by District Two Public Health including Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall,...
Former county commissioner’s wife killed in head-on collision on Cannon Bridge Road
A Demorest woman was killed Monday evening in a two-vehicle crash on GA 105/Cannon Bridge Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, Sandra Mulkey,...