Public safety officials respond to concerns about emergency response times
Habersham citizens have shared their frustrations and concerns with slow response times from the county's emergency services online, and citizens brought those concerns forward...
Athens police arrest three more gang members
The Athens-Clarke County Police Department arrested three more known gang members this week, adding to a growing list of more than 50 gang-related arrests...
Tax breaks, physician abuse training among new Georgia laws
Income tax breaks for many Georgians, new requirements for physicians to be trained about avoiding sexual assault, and pay raises for some judges are...
COVID rages at record levels and hospitals are inundated. Here’s the governor’s plan of...
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 rages and depletes hospital space, Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday he does not plan to implement any new...
Area health systems issue joint statement on COVID-19 surge
Six major health systems serving Northeast Georgia and Metro Atlanta issued a joint statement Wednesday evening regarding the rapid spread of the Delta...
Gainesville man murdered his dad, attempted to kill his mother, investigators say
Hall County deputies have arrested a Gainesville man accused of a violent and deadly assault against his parents.
Deputies stopped and arrested 26-year-old Gainesville resident...
Baldwin, county ‘have a plan in place’ for airport business park
The City of Baldwin, Habersham County Commission and both the city's and county's engineer firms sat down this morning to discuss plans moving forward...
Habersham sheriff calls on TikTok to remove threats to school safety
The Habersham County Sheriff's Office is calling on TikTok to be more diligent in removing content dangerous to schools from their platform following a...
Health officials urge Georgians not to go to hospital emergency departments for COVID tests
Georgia is now in the midst of its fifth COVID surge. The state's seven-day average of positive tests is now higher than it's ever...
Georgia shatters COVID-19 case record amid rapid surge
Georgia broke the state's record for the number of test-confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with an extremely rapid rise passing the peaks previously set in...
State lawmakers to take aim at racial history in public schools, partisan school boards
(GA Recorder) — Teachers and administrators from across the state agree critical race theory is not discussed in Georgia grade school classrooms, but it...
Palmer, county officials say goal of town hall is to open conversation
Commissioner Bruce Palmer held his second town hall meeting Tuesday night, where he was joined by public safety department heads from Habersham County Emergency...