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Some job seekers may soon find themselves collecting a paycheck instead of unemployment after Monday’s Hart County Career Expo. With the unemployment rate still in the double digits in most of Northeast Georgia, hundreds of people looking for work came from around Northeast Georgia and the Upstate Monday to Cateechee Golf Club in Hartwell, resumes in hand, hoping to land […]

The Hart County Humane Society will be hosting a multi-agency, three-day adoption event this weekend and they are seeking volunteers as well as potential adoptors. The PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend is Friday through Sunday, May 3 – 5 and the Hart County Humane Society, along with a number of other rescue organizations from the Northeast Georgia and Anderson area […]

Hartwell Lake is almost at full pool, but still the only lake in North Georgia still not where it should be. As of Monday evening, the lake level stood at 658.43 feet above mean sea level.  That’s just slightly over a foot below full pool, which is  659.46 ft msl. The increase is due to the rainfall we’ve had over […]

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill into law that makes changes to a tax break program aimed at boosting Georgia tourism. Deal signed the bill Monday at an event at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. The Georgia Tourism Development Act, which offers tax rebates for building tourist attractions, was signed into law two years ago, but had been unavailable to […]

Those looking for work in Hart and surrounding counties will want to attend today’s  Career Expo in Hartwell. The job fair takes place today from 10a to 1p at the Cateechee Golf Club on SR77 South in Hartwell, and is open to anyone who is looking for work. “The job fair is open to anyone in Northeast Georgia or the […]