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The Lavonia Planning Commission and City Council will wait on a request by a Jackson County developer to approve a rezoning request for several pieces of property where they plan to build a single-family subdivision and a townhome community. At their meeting Monday night, the Planning Commission heard from Kenny Whitworth representing Gunter Vickery Properties, LLC, and Alberta and Matilda […]

Georgia is offering a helping hand to projects that help people experience the animals, plants and natural habitats emphasized in Georgia’s State Wildlife Action Plan. The opportunity comes by way of the state Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Viewing Grants Program. The agency is now accepting proposals for 2023. The grants are capped at $3,000 per project and supported through […]

As expected, voters in Franklin and Hart counties went solidly for Republican candidate and former NFL star Herschel Walker in the run-off for the U.S. Senate seat but statewide, Warnock won with 51.3% of the vote to Walker’s 48.6%. In Franklin County, 8,000 voters turned out to cast ballots in the run-off out of the 15,000 registered voters. With all […]

After the record-breaking turnout last week for advance in-person voting, today Georgians across the State are going to the polls to decide who will win a six-year term for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat now held by incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock. Warnock assumed office on January 20, 2021, filling the unexpired term of former Senator Johnny Isakson who died in […]

SK Battery America will be holding a job fair in Hartwell at the Hartwell Armory this Saturday from 10a to noon. SK Battery America is the global leading manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles. The Company plans to produce batteries that will be installed in the Ford F-150 Lightning and Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicles and they are expanding their workforce. […]