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These updates are being made possible by Skelton-Morris Associates, with offices in Hartwell, Toccoa, and now Lavonia.  Insurance since 1912. Stephens County Schools – Closed for students and staff Thursday, February 19, 2015 & Friday, February 20, 2015 Habersham County Schools – Closed.  12 month staff in Habersham County should report at 10 a.m. Thursday.   SOUTH CAROLINA Oconee County […]

After being off the air for over 36 hours, WLHR-FM has resumed full-power operations.  Thank you for your patience in this matter.    WLHR will continue to stream full-time until 9:30am on Thursday, February 19, 2015.  This will allow time for anybody listening on line to switch back over to their radios.

It has been almost 48 hours since ice and freezing rain moved through our area and just over 1,000 Hart EMC customers were still without electricity Wednesday morning. Hart EMC spokesman Keith Brown said over 5,500 customers had lost power initially. Brown said Tuesday afternoon work to restore power to customers was hampered by a slow thaw Tuesday, which caused […]

Georgia Power customers also left in the dark in Franklin and Stephens Counties Monday night into Tuesday and some are still waiting for the power to come back on. Georgia Power is projecting that all power in both counties should be restored this afternoon. In Lavonia, most of SR17 and downtown Lavonia was knocked out for the better part of […]

The ice and sleet may have moved out of our neighborhood, but forecasters say the frigid cold is here to stay for at least the next several days. High winds this afternoon will bring us temperatures overnight tonight dipping into the teens and according to meteorologist Andrew Kimball with the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg, that is going to bring […]