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Construction is getting off the ground for the new adoption wing at the Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter. Crews have begun laying the foundation and footings for the new wing that will be located next to the current shelter building. Board member Dr. Pam Stone said they’re looking forward to opening sometime in the summer. “The weather has finally broken enough […]

Patients who need hospital care along with dialysis for short-term or long-term kidney disease can now receive the care they need at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital. In conjunction with nephrologist Dr. Srilakshmi Rebala of Georgia Renal Associates, Sacred Heart now provides dialysis treatment on its medical/surgical units for any inpatient who requires it. Dialysis is available whether kidney disease […]

Georgia’s January unemployment rate was 3.1 percent, unchanged from a revised 3.1 percent in December. Job numbers reached another all-time high, increasing by almost 17,000 from December. Georgia’s unemployment rate was three-tenths of a percent lower than the national January 2023 unemployment rate of 3.4 percent. Every year, the data used to calculate each state’s unemployment rate is reviewed and […]

A citizen-led UDC Reform Group in Franklin County is hosting the first of two Town Hall meetings to gather citizen input on the new Franklin County Unified Development Code. The first meeting takes place tonight at the Bold Springs Community Center on Bold Springs Road in Carnesville beginning at 6p. Citizens are encouraged to voice their opinions and concerns regarding […]

A Hartwell man who pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty will learn his sentence next month. 52-year-old Steven Whitfield pleaded guilty to two counts of felony animal cruelty in Hart County Superior Court on February 27 and no contest to six other felony animal cruelty charges. He is expected back in court on April 4 to learn his sentence. In […]