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‘Marathon’ election year ends quietly in Habersham County

The polls closed at 7 p.m. sharp Tuesday in Habersham County after what poll workers described as a steady, but not overwhelming day of...

Join Now Hab’s post-election conversation

The votes are cast. The polls are closed. Now all that's left is the counting and the waiting. Americans and people worldwide are anxiously waiting...

Georgia First Lady announces governor still healthy despite COVID

First Lady Marty Kemp gave an update on Gov. Brian Kemp’s health Tuesday night at Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s election night rally. “I am very excited...

Loeffler pledges to back Collins if she comes up short after bitter contest

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler kicked off the last leg of her campaign the same way she has spent most of it, touting her outsider...

Warnock teams up with Abrams to rally voters in Atlanta as runoff likely

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday that Raphael Warnock’s frontrunner status in an open primary for a U.S. Senate seat is evidence...

Obama campaigns in Atlanta for a Georgia breakthrough for Democrats

Former President Barack Obama urged Georgians to get out to the polls Tuesday to vote Democrats into the White House, Congress, and the state...

Five questions: Crowds, COVID and Militia worries on Election Day 2020

The end of a long election season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic strife is in sight. More than 3.9 million Georgians have already...

IT’S ELECTION DAY

Voters across the United States will head to the polls today to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years....

Raiders’ homecoming rival sidelined by COVID, game postponed

Habersham Central was forced to postpone its homecoming football game this week after Central Gwinnett backed out due to COVID. The two teams were scheduled...

Search for runaway leads to unrelated drug bust in Habersham County

What began as a search for a local runaway ended in an unrelated drug bust in Habersham County. While searching for the juvenile on Oct....

HEMC power now fully restored, GA Power working to resolve last few remaining outages

The lights are back on in Northeast Georgia. Habersham EMC says crews fully restored power to its six-county service area early Tuesday evening. Georgia...

Resort cabin burns in White County

An investigator with the State Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine what caused a rental cabin at a local resort to burn overnight. White...