Category: News

A political forum is scheduled in Hart County for later this month in Board of Commissioners District Two race.  Sponsored by the Hart County Chamber of Commerce, the political forum takes place February 27th in the Adult Learning Center of the Hart County Public Library beginning at 6p.  Five candidates are vying for the seat left vacant when Commissioner Dan […]

The City of Hartwell is following in the footsteps of Hart County and will begin training for its boards and authorities on the Georgia Open Records Act and Georgia Sunshine Law. At their regular meeting last week, the Hartwell City Council heard from mayor Brandon Johnson who said it was important that members of all boards and authorities understand the […]

With the National Weather Service issuing a Winter Storm Watch for Tuesday through Thursday, Gov. Nathan Deal is working to make sure the State is prepared by putting emergency response agencies on alert and beginnging significant preparations.  “I have directed the State Patrol, Department of Transportation and Department of Natural Resources to begin moving assets toward areas where the snow […]

Here we snow again… North, Northeast Georgia and the Upstate bracing for a significant weather event this week.   A winter storm watch has been issued for Northeast Georgia beginning at 6a Tuesday through 7a Thursday morning. “I think one thing that is making this storm a little bit challenging is that it’s not going to move through the area all […]

The Franklin County School Board is being asked to consider how best to educate high school students next year when they begin using the new core building for the first time. “The guiding overall for the design of the new core building was to create a 21st century learning environment for our kids,” O’Dell told the board at their work […]