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Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle won’t be spending a lot of time fishing or on the golf course when he retires at the end of the year Tuesday, night the Stephens County Board of Commissioners voted to hire him as the new Stephens County Elections Supervisor. According to Stephens County Administrator Christian Hamilton, his official hiring date will come following […]

If you plan on getting some Christmas shopping done this weekend, why not shop small? Saturday is Small Business Saturday – a day to celebrate and support small businesses and all they do for their communities. The Small Business Administration notes that this year, small businesses need our support more than ever as they navigate, retool, and pivot from the […]

It’s Black Friday and next week is Cyber Monday but according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, experts advise Georgia holiday shoppers to prepare for a pricey Christmas this year. According to a Nov. 2022 WorldRemit report, everything from that holiday meal to Christmas decorations are up about 28% this year. They said the largest factors contributing to this […]

North Georgia Technical College recently honored the life and legacy of the college’s late president, Dr. Mark Ivester, with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Dr. Mark A. Ivester Center for Living and Learning and the Cy Grant Gymnasium. Dr. Ivester served the college for more than 20 years in various leadership capacities and worked tirelessly to ensure that every student […]

Citing threats from non-native species, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has expanded limits on animals that can be bought, sold, or kept as pets in the state. Owners of newly listed species legally called wild animals and varying from Argentine black and white tegus to Everglades crayfish, have a year to meet most of the requirements. This allows pet […]