Author: MJ Kneiser

Saturday’s weather should be picture perfect according to forecasters for “Take Two” of the Lavonia Boat Expo. Sponsored by the Downtown Development Authority, this is the third year for the Boat Expo and a lot of vendors will be on hand to tell you about boats, and all that goes with them, according to Poole. Antique boat enthusiasts will want […]

Franklin County Schools have reached another COVID milestone this week. According to their COVID report released Tuesday, no student, teacher, or staff member tested positive for COVID-19 and no student, teacher or staff member had to be quarantined for possible exposure to the virus for the second week in a row. At its height in January, 136 students were quarantined […]

The preliminary Georgia Mountains unemployment rate for January was up three-tenths to 2.6 percent. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said initial claims for unemployment were also up 35% in January but that was still lower than a year ago. Most of the increase in unemployment claims in Januray were in Manufacturing and Construction, but claims were down in Manufacturing and […]

Bridge repair over I-85 Northbound in Jackson County is expected to cause some major traffic tie ups and headaches for motorists through today. On Thursday, the Georgia Department of Transportation announced they have closed I-85 northbound at Exit 129 for emergency bridge deck repairs. This closure is required to repair the concrete surface over the CSX Railroad. Contractors working on […]

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is urging insurance companies doing business in the state of Georgia to review their financial holdings and operations to identify and divest from any investments and/or operations in Russia. In a press release, Commissioner King said the recommendation is to ensure that no Georgia company is subsidizing, even indirectly, in Putin’s war. […]