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The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed two additional findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds – one in Colleton County, South Carolina, and one in Hyde County, North Carolina. These finds follow confirmation on January 14, 2022 of HPAI in a wild bird in Colleton County, South […]

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced this week what he says is a new, more secure, voter registration system for the Peach State. Raffensperger is partnering with Salesforce to build the new system on the highest security servers with faster processing power and the most up-to-date secure technology. MTX Group Inc. (MTX) is the implementation partner for the new voter […]

The frosty weather may have played a role in a lower-than-expected turnout Tuesday evening for the first Lavonia Police Community outreach program. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle, along with Lavonia City Councilman and former Lavonia Police Captain Michael Schulman and former officer Jeffery Martin, recounted the night in December 2016 when the two officers were shot during a routine traffic […]

A benefit dinner to help raise money for playground equipment for special needs children at Lavonia City Park has been postponed. The dinner was to have taken place this Saturday evening. “Due to the potentially bad weather expected this weekend, the benefit dinner for the park project at Sweet Combs of Honey has been postponed until January 29th,” said Sara […]

The annual Polar Bear Plunge is coming to the Hartwell Marina next month. Sponsored by the Northeast Georgia Council on Domestic Violence, the plunge raises money to help women trying to escape domestic violence. Tiffany Holland Baker is the Development & Community Awareness Advocate and organizer of the event. Baker said the 26th annual Polar Bear Plunge takes place on […]