Author: MJ Kneiser

Business and government leaders came together Thursday to hear from state lawmakers at the Franklin County Chamber’s annual Policies and Pastries breakfast in Carnesville. State Representative Alan Powell and State Senator John Wilkinson were on hand to review the highlights of this year’s State Legislative session and answer questions. Both noted this year’s session contained no major controversy and was […]

If SR174 in Franklin County is one of your main routes to and from work, you need to prepared for some delays beginning next week. Work to resurface a four and a half mile stretch of SR174 is set to begin Monday weather permitting.  Teri Pope with the Georgia Department of Transportation tells WLHR News the resurfacing will stretch from […]

Carnesville mayor Harris Little wants the federal government to take the turkey buzzard off the list of federally protected birds. Speaking at the Franklin County Chamber’s Policies and Pastries breakfast Thursday, Little said the town of just over 500 has a big problem with vultures and he said the Migratory Bird Act is preventing the town and local property owners […]

The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 8.4 percent in March, the lowest rate since December 2008. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.6 percent in February and seven-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in March a year ago. The rate declined because of an increase […]

For the past year, members of a non-profit group in Hartwell known as TORCH,  have been working to redevelop Railroad St. behind Depot St. There’s a lot that has to be done and this weekend people are invited to the first ever “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” clean up day on Saturday. Hart County Chamber director Nikki Meyer said […]