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VFL and duck race winners win big!

Volunteers for Literacy of Habersham County and three lucky locals walked away winners from this year's VFL Duck Race on the Soque. The 10th annual...

Attempts to ban ‘critical race theory’ multiply across the U.S.

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — From statehouses to Congress, Republicans have launched into a fight against the teaching of “critical race theory,” which just a...

GDOT closing public comments on Clarkesville roundabout

If there's something you'd like to say about the proposed roundabout in Clarkesville, now is the time to say it. The Georgia Department of...

Black, Latino Georgians lag behind whites in COVID shots

Blacks and Latinos in Georgia have significantly lower COVID-19 vaccination rates than whites, a newly released Kaiser Health News analysis shows. Thirty percent of whites...

Class of 2021 graduation packs Raider Stadium

Superintendent Matthew Cooper predicted the Class of 2021's graduation would be heavily attended, and it was. Coming off of last year's more muted, socially...

Anderson to chair House study committee

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has appointed State Rep. Victor Anderson (R-Cornelia) to serve as Chair of the House Study Committee on...

Judge grants new absentee ballot review in Fulton

(GA Recorder) — A Henry County Superior Court Judge will give a group of Georgia residents claiming many fraudulent votes were cast in the...

Buttigieg pitches $1.7 trillion plan in Georgia tour of planes and trains

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Atlanta Friday to highlight President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure plan even as the president agreed to scale back his...

Former teacher accused of raping student rearrested

A former Habersham County special education teacher charged with felony sex crimes against a student is back behind bars facing even more charges. Deputies...

Graduation set for this evening at Raider Stadium in Mt. Airy

Tonight, 467 seniors from Habersham Central High School and the Habersham Success Academy will graduate. School administrators are expecting a record crowd as the...

Ga. lawmakers debate Big Tech ‘censoring’

(GA Recorder) — Acworth Republican state Rep. Ed Setzler hosted a special called meeting of the House Science and Technology Committee Thursday to consider...