Commissioners to extend current year budget until new budget approved
After failing to reach a consensus on the FY 2025 budget at their meeting Monday night, Habersham County commissioners are expected to approve a...
Banks County Water Department searching for leak
A suspected water line leak is causing low water pressure in areas of Banks County. The Banks County Water Department says some customers have...
Bipartisan group of former elected officials launches effort to restore trust in democracy
(Georgia Recorder) — Prominent former elected officials in Georgia from both sides of the aisle are banding together to launch a new group focused...
Adventure Bags supplies Hall County deputies with backpacks
The Hall County Sheriff's Office Patrol Division received a dozen Adventure Bags for patrol deputies. Many children in crisis situations do not have backpacks...
Calm, conservative, confident: What GOP senators want in Trump’s vice presidential pick
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Republican members of the U.S. Senate striving for a takeover of their chamber in the November elections have a wish...
HABCO Commission adjourns abruptly without approving FY 2025 budget
In a rare turn of events, the Habersham County Commission adjourned Monday night without coming to a consensus on the FY 2025 budget. After...
GSP releases names of 4 people injured in wreck at Antioch Church Road
A 90-year-old Dillard woman was seriously injured and three others were hurt in a two-vehicle crash on GA 15/US 441 in Habersham County Monday...
Racist slurs and death threats: The dangerous life of a Georgia elections official
Editor’s note: This story contains profanities and racist slurs.
(Stateline) – When Milton Kidd leaves work at the end of the day, he slips out the...
Federal lawsuit challenges new Georgia cash bail law
(Georgia Recorder) — A federal lawsuit seeks to block a new Georgia law that it claims would effectively eliminate charitable bail funds by imposing...
Cornelia police seek suspect in downtown break-ins
The Cornelia Police Department is asking for your help to identify and locate a man suspected in a series of recent break-ins.
A news release...
For both sides, abortion policy two years after Dobbs decision hinges on November
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Exactly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, the battles rage among both...
State vets’ agency head calls on lawmakers for more assistance
Veterans in Georgia are getting help from the state government, but they need more.
That was the message to state lawmakers from Patricia Ross, Commissioner...