Author: MJ Kneiser

This year’s Franklin County High School Honor’s Breakfast is this morning and will be in a new location. Traditionally, the Honors Breakfast is held at the Swails Center at Emmanuel College but due to a scheduling conflict, the breakfast has been moved this year to the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College. The annual Honors Breakfast is sponsored every […]

Scholarship applications for the summer semester at North Georgia Technical College are currently open. The summer semester begins May 22. The deadline for submission is Thursday, April 27. Scholarship applications can be viewed, along with submission information, at northgatech.edu/foundation. Scholarships are offered for the fall, spring, and summer semesters to students in various programs at all three NGTC college campuses: […]

St. Mary’s Health Care System is resuming its popular Defensive Driving classes after a nearly three-year pause caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The class teaches evidence-based ways to reduce your risk of being involved in a traffic collision. The in-person classes will be held on the second Saturday of each month, beginning March 11 from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. […]

Franklin County Commissioners have thrown out a plan to suspend the current method of applying for building permits and inspections for residential construction in favor of making some changes to the current method. The changes are primarily targeted at residential home builders. At their work session Tuesday, Commission Chair Jeff Jacques outlined three changes to the current ordinance he believes […]