Grocery store pharmacies now offering vaccines
Governor Brian Kemp today thanked the growing team of grocery store and supermarket companies operating in Georgia who are offering COVID-19 vaccinations to their...
Cause of Demorest residential fire under investigation
The State Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine the cause of an overnight fire that gutted a home in Demorest.
The fire broke out...
Skitts Mountain home damaged by fire
(Cleveland)- A White County home was heavily damaged on Thursday as a result of a fire. In a news release, White County Public Safety...
Nine arrested on drug charges in Commerce
Two separate drug busts in Commerce this week landed nine people in jail. Five were nabbed during a police search at a private residence. Four were...
HCHS Lifetime Achievement Award nomination deadline approaching
If you'd like to nominate someone to receive this year's Habersham Central High School Lifetime Achievement Award, you'd better get to it - the...
Biden unveils $1.9 trillion emergency aid to fight COVID, economic crises
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is calling on Congress to approve a sweeping package for economic and pandemic relief with a price tag twice...
Georgia hospitals feel strain of COVID surge, expect it to continue
Georgia recorded its third straight day of high numbers of COVID deaths, with the 142 reported Thursday bringing the state’s three-day total to 424.
The...
White County and several other area school systems to return to in-person learning
As planned, White County Schools will resume face-to-face learning on Jan. 19.
School officials say all students not enrolled in the Distant Learning program will...
Vaccination problems worse in states seen as vulnerable to COVID
It felt like Christmas when “Santa Rick” Rosenthal, who runs Northern Lights Santa Academy in Atlanta, snagged a rare slot to receive one of...
Kemp unveils plan to undo some budget cuts, recover from 2020 woes
Gov. Brian Kemp’s new spending proposals will undo some of the cuts to public education made last year, attempt to spur economic growth in...
Wilkinson named president of North Georgia Technical College
Former District 50 State Senator John Wilkinson of Toccoa has been named President of North Georgia Technical College. Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg...
Sen. Bo Hatchett sworn into office, receives committee assignments
This week, Sen. Bo Hatchett (R-Cornelia) was officially sworn into the Georgia Senate to represent District 50 and received his committee assignments for the...