Category: News

The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 8.4 percent in March, the lowest rate since December 2008. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.6 percent in February and seven-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in March a year ago. The rate declined because of an increase […]

For the past year, members of a non-profit group in Hartwell known as TORCH,  have been working to redevelop Railroad St. behind Depot St. There’s a lot that has to be done and this weekend people are invited to the first ever “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” clean up day on Saturday. Hart County Chamber director Nikki Meyer said […]

The Lavonia City  Council is looking at converting all of its water meters to all digital drive by meters. At a work session Tuesday, the council heard from Lavonia City manager Gary Fesperman who said the city has just over 900 radio read drive by meters of the more than 3,000 customer water meters.  The rest he said are either […]

It’s that time of year when young bears are roaming the rural countryside looking for new territories, and of course, food. So now might be a good time to add “Bear-proof the garbage” to your spring “to do” list.  Bears become habituated when people feed them, according to Georgia DNR wildlife biologist Adam Hammond. “When a bear learns that it […]

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents is holding the line on tuition increases, keeping the percentage increase at the same level as it approved last year. Tuesday, the governing body approved a tuition increase of just 2.5 percent for in-state, undergraduate students at 27 University System of Georgia colleges and universities. When approved last year, this percentage increase […]