Author: Porkchop Branch

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 […]

More Georgians plan to take at least one leisure trip of 50 miles during the next three months. That’s according to a recent AAA Consumer Pulse™ survey on summer travel plans. Jessica Brady is the spokesperson for AAA Travel. Brady said this marks the third consecutive year that AAA data shows a steady summer travel season in Georgia —a positive […]

Now that the holiday weekend is over, work to fix a giant sinkhole in Hart County is getting underway in earnest.   Last week, the Georgia Department of Transportation awarded the $1 million dollar contract to E.W. Snell Contractors of Snellville.   The sinkhole on SR51/Reed Creek Highway developed May 6th and was discovered by a motorist who almost drove […]