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The unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region has gone down another notch to 6.1 percent in February. That’s  down from 6.3 percent in January.  The rate was 7.6 percent in February a year ago. Labor Department officials say the rate dropped because there were fewer new layoffs and fewer initial claims for unemployment insurance.  Most of the decline in […]

By David Stephens, WSGC Radio, Elberton In Elbert County, a second candidate has been added to the District 3 Board of Education race, even though qualifying ended March 7th. At that time, only one candidate had qualified for that race, and that was incumbent P-JO Phelps.  But on Monday another candidate, Donald Wayne Ward, was added to the ballot due […]

A major road resurfacing project in Lavonia is due to resume on Thursday and motorists should expect delays right through the weekend. According to Georgia Department of Transportation spokesperson Teri Pope, contractors will resume work on SR77 Extension Thursday morning. “The contractor is trying to get finished with work in Lavonia,” Pope said. “So, they’re going to be working Thursday, […]

The Lavonia Police Department is at the forefront of raising money for this year’s Franklin County March of Dimes campaign. At a special breakfast presentation Tuesday morning, Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, along with Lavonia Mayor Ralph Owens presented March of Dimes Community Director Kimberly Eldridge with a check for over $5,000. Eldridge said the money will be used to help […]

Franklin County commissioners will soon begin work on their 2015 fiscal budget. County manager John Phillips said before work on the budget begins, he needed to know how the budget process should be handled. Board chair Thomas Bridges said he liked the way the process evolved last spring in which the board heard from department heads and constitutional officers regarding […]