Injured hiker rescued from Tallulah Gorge
Local high-angle rescue teams used ropes and a helicopter to pull an injured hiker to safety from the bottom of Tallulah Gorge Monday.
The four-hour-long...
Toccoa man charged in weekend shooting spree
The suspect in a weekend shooting spree that wounded three people in Stephens County is being held in jail without bond. Police charged Antuan...
Motorcyclist injured in GA 365 crash in Mt. Airy
The Georgia State Patrol has identified the motorcyclist injured in a wreck on GA 365 Sunday as Virginia Durand, 25, of Toccoa. According to...
Victims identified in fatal Commerce wreck
A head-on collision in Commerce over the weekend claimed the life of a Northeast Georgia woman. 49-year-old Tonya Elaine Lester of Nicholson died July...
Kemp announces availability of Education Relief Funds
ATLANTA – Governor Brian Kemp announced the availability of $47 million in Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER), beginning August 1.
The Office of Planning...
DOT approve $34.7 million in projects for Northeast Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded over $153 million in construction contracts statewide in June. Of those, $34.7 million are for road and bridge...
House Dems to unveil revamped voting rights bill
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — House Democrats plan to unveil next week a new version of legislation named after the late Georgia civil rights icon...
Georgia Medicaid insurers may have to repay $500 million
Georgia is in line to recover $500 million from state Medicaid insurers for overpayments in 2020 and 2021, according to an insurance industry official...
White County BOE Chair fires back against Critical Race Theory charges
CLEVELAND - At a board of education meeting earlier this week some White County citizens accused the school system of teaching Critical Race Theory...
Two killed in single-vehicle crash in Stephens County
A late-night accident in Stephens County claimed the lives of two Toccoa residents. The Georgia State Patrol identifies them as 19-year-old Micah Kaden Ferreira...
COVID spread in Georgia driving patients to urgent care, hospitals
Georgia’s COVID case numbers jumped by 4,800 in the state figures reported Thursday, continuing a recent upswing that’s apparently fueled by the Delta variant.
“It...
COVID-19 vaccine facts and information
EDITOR'S NOTE: After meeting with the Habersham Board of Health regarding the county's low vaccination rate, District 2 Public Health Director Dr. Zachary Taylor...