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By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton The Bowman City Council wants to give themselves a raise. At Tuesday’s regular meeting the Bowman City Council took the first step towards a pay increase. That step was the adoption of a resolution authorizing the council to increase their pay as soon as due notice is posted in the local paper and once […]

It should be perfect weather for this weekend’s college fishing tournament in Hartwell. FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Hartwell Saturday for the third and final regular-season stop in the Southeastern Conference. Over 100 college students from 45 colleges and universities across the South will be competing in teams of two. Locally, Ross Dove of Royston and Richie Young […]

The search for a new Hart County School Superintendent is underway. Current superintendent Jerry Bell is leaving the end of May to take a similar position in another county In a press release issued Wednesday, the board announced it has hired the firm of King-Cooper and Associates of Thomaston, GA to assist in the search. The firm specializes in customized […]

Hart County School Superintendent Jerry Bell is asking for the County’s help to fund a plan to move the Hart County Extension office and 4-H to the new high school Agriculture Center. Plans for the Ag Center and a College and Career Center campus on the Bowman Highway are now on the drawing board, and are being built with a […]

The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region for April was 5.0 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 5.2 percent in March. “This is the lowest the rate has been since May 2008 when it was 4.9 percent,” said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “The rate declined as employers laid off fewer workers.  Most of the decrease in […]