Author: Porkchop Branch

The Georgia Mountains Farm Tour is just over a month away on June 28 & 29th and there’s still time to sign up to tour local farms in our area.   Some 16 organic farms in Northeast Georgia are on the tour including two in Stephens County and one in Franklin County.   They include Taylor Creek Farm on Sunshine […]

Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says that staff has discovered accounting errors that are leaving the school system unsure about all of its financial numbers heading into a new budget year. Dorsey discussed the matter with Stephens County Board of Education members at their meeting on Tuesday. He says that the accounting errors were discovered while working on the […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region dropped to 5.7 percent in April.   That’s down from 5.9 percent in March.   State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said the drop is significant from this time a year ago.   “Well in the Georgia Mountains region we saw the unemployment rate decrease from last month’s 5.9% down to 5.7%, which […]

In Elbert County, a plan by the Bowman City Council to clean up abandoned and dilapidated properties seems to be meeting with citizen approval.   Earlier this month, the council voted to send letters to the owners of run-down properties asking them to repair them or make improvements.   Certified letters were sent out to numerous property owners within the […]

Beginning June 1, sportsmen and women of all ages can apply electronically for quota hunts,  including deer, alligator, waterfowl, dove and many others, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. A quota hunt is a scheduled event at a Wildlife Management Area or other state-managed property where a limited number of hunters are allowed.  Quota levels […]