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The Hartwell City Council has signed off on a plan to sell the Cateechee Golf Club. In a called meeting Friday, the city council met to go over the terms of that sale, according to City Manager David Aldrich.  Aldrich said research on whether to sell the land has been going on for some time. “There’s been discussions going on […]

Hart County’s Adult Learning Center next to the Hart County Library is the place to be if you’re preparing to take your GED test. Beginning this week, the Adult Learning Center is giving away free GED practice tests while supplies last. Students who take the GED Ready practice test will be able to see if they’re ready to pass the […]

Lakes Hartwell, Russell and J. Strom Thurmond are now in drought trigger level one. The three reservoirs on the Savannah River operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered the first drought level Monday morning, according to Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell, when pool elevation at J. Strom Thurmond Lake dipped briefly to 325.85 feet above mean sea level. Birdwell […]

The City of Franklin Springs has extended its boil water advisory for more neighborhoods. On Monday afternoon, the city issued a boil water advisory for most of the town with the exception of Hillcrest Loop, Greenbranch Rd and Dovetown which have not had a water shutoff. City mayor Lee Moore says the expansion of the boil water notice is due […]

The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, today named U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (GA-9) a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners in the 113th Congress. NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner praised Rep. Collins for “standing up for small business.” In presenting the group’s coveted Guardian […]