Category: News

Callers to the  Toccoa Social Security office today or any regional SS office in Northeast Georgia will likely get a recording telling them those offices are on reduced hours and services. For the first time in 17 years, the federal government has shut down as the House and Senate argue over implementing Obamacare. And locally, a number of government offices […]

Franklin County has agreed to link its water line to the City of Martin in order to provide water to people living in the Clark’s Creek area off SR17. Under the terms of a proposed intergovernmental agreement, Franklin County will link its water line to one installed by Martin along Clarks Creek Road. At their work session last week, former […]

Hart County’s Board of Commissioners has approved a spending resolution allowing the county to operate without a new budget past the start of the new fiscal year, which begins today.  At their regular meeting last week, county administrator Jon Caime presented the board with the preliminary FY14 budget numbers.  Caime said the county is still short about $300-thousand dollars from […]

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Last Friday’s job fair on the Currahee Campus of North Georgia Technical College is being hailed as a success. The fair drew hundreds of job seekers who came hoping to land that next position with one of 60 potential employers. Each year, the Georgia Department Of Labor’s Toccoa Career Center puts on the event.  […]

By David Stephens, WSGC, Elberton, GA In Elbert County, citizens are invited to attend  the last in a series of public meetings with the Elbert County Board of Commissioners tonight. During these meetings, citizens have had a chance to ask the board questions and get information on issues concerning them. All previous meetings have been held at each of the […]