White County firefighters knock down house fire
A White County family is fortunate to still have a home after firefighters knocked down a blaze at their residence Friday.
Firefighters from three county...
Habersham Christian Learning Center’s annual meeting plans
Habersham Christian Learning Center (HCLC) announces it will be hosting a two-part Annual Meeting this year. The program for the meeting will be live...
Lawmakers advance revised spending plan as ‘headwinds’ loom, cuts remain
Lawmakers signed off Thursday on a revised $26.3 billion spending plan that dedicated more state money to public health but left in place some...
COVID clouds legislative session, from illness to test resistance
The lone state representative kicked out of the House chamber for refusing to take a COVID-19 test returned to the Capitol Thursday for the...
6 dead, nearly a dozen injured after chemical leak at Hall County plant
Six people are dead and four others remain hospitalized following a liquid nitrogen leak at a meat processing plant in Gainesville.
The chemical line ruptured...
Divers come up empty in river search for weapon
Law enforcement came up empty-handed after spending part of the day Thursday searching for a gun used in a recent shooting in Habersham County.
The...
The Medical Center of Elberton suspended from vaccine program
The Georgia Department of Public Health suspended The Medical Center of Elberton from the state's COVID-19 vaccination program for six months for administering vaccinations...
Anxiety mounts as Georgia educators wait for COVID vaccine
A teacher in southeast Georgia says she got COVID-19 at a school-sponsored event last month.
Several others who attended the event also were infected, the...
Elected officials voice support for teachers’ access to COVID vaccine
A growing chorus of voices is calling for Georgia to move educators up the list of people to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux...
HALLCO Community Credit reveals name change
HALLCO Community Credit Union is observing its fiftieth anniversary this year with a name change. The longtime North Georgia financial services institution is being...
Georgia House plan increases public health spending for COVID response
State House lawmakers plan to beef up spending on public health after the governor proposed a budget that mostly relied on massive federal spending...
Biden plan to change health rules could leave imprint in Georgia
The Biden administration is reportedly aiming to take steps to unravel recent federal decisions on health care.
If pursued, those moves could have a major...