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Georgia’s March unemployment rate was 3.1, unchanged from a revised 3.1 percent in February. However, the State’s unemployment rate was still seven-tenths pf a percent lower than the national unemployment rate. In March, initial unemployment claims were down 22% last month and down over 19% for the year. That also meant the number of unemployed was down 163,483 statewide. That’s the lowest figure […]

WorkSource Georgia Mountains is offering grant money to businesses to help give their employees extra on-the-job training. It’s called the Incumbent Worker Training Program. Incumbent Work Training is designed to improve the skills of employees and the competitiveness of an employer by offering financial support for the upskilling of the employer’s current workforce. The grant also supplies funding to help […]

It’s that time of year when black bears are coming out of hibernation and they are hungry. Young males are searching for food and their own territories and female bears are foraging for food for themselves and their new cubs. So it is important to make sure to make your property unattractive to black bears. Scott Frazier is a wildlife […]

Hartwell Mayor Brandon Johnson points to years of planning and hard work on the part of City Fathers and staff for the success in bringing another major retailer to town. Johnson this week announced that German grocery store chain ALDI plans to build a new store on US 29 in the Oakview Crossing property across from the Hampton Inn. Thursday […]

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested a former Hart County High School paraprofessional on sexual assault charges. According to GBI Spokeswoman Nelly Miles, on Thursday, April 11 the GBI was requested by the Hartwell Police Department to assist with a child abuse/molestation investigation that involved an incident that happened while 27-year-old Keenan Anderson of Bowersville was employed with the […]