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Boil water advisory issued for some parts of Clarkesville

A boil water advisory previously issued for the Clarkesville highway 441 area, between Double Bridge Road and Habersham Mills Road, has been lifted. Citizens in...
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Dahlonega woman dies in White County accident

A Dahlonega woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning in White County. Cpl. J.W. Stamey with Post 6 Georgia State Patrol in...

Demorest lights up for the holidays

Snowflakes popped up overnight in Demorest as City of Demorest Public Works Director Bryan Popham and the public works personnel brought seasonal charm to...

Joan Turner retires after 30 years with White County Sheriff’s Office

A main figure in the White County Sheriff’s office for three decades, Joan Turner, is retiring. Employees and friends stopped by the Roy Ash...

Dahlonega man charged with multiple felonies after police chase in Cleveland

A Dahlonega man faces multiple felony charges after he was arrested for leading deputies on a police chase that ended in a wreck in...

Runway mishap reported at Habersham County Airport

Emergency personnel responded to a report of a plane off the runway Monday afternoon at the Habersham County Airport in Baldwin. The single-engine airplane experienced...

Georgia DPH monitoring new COVID-19 Omicron variant

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is monitoring a new COVID-19 variant first detected in Africa. The variant has not yet been detected...

Burn permits suspended as Georgia weather causes high fire danger

Much of the state of Georgia, namely central and North Georgia, is under a high fire danger warning. The warning, issued by the National...

Northeast Georgia firefighter recovering after suffering heart attack while on duty

A Rabun County volunteer firefighter is recovering from surgery after suffering a heart attack last week while fighting a brush fire. 64-year-old Gordon Van Mol...

High fire danger continues across North Georgia

It’s another high fire danger day in North and Central Georgia. The National Weather Service issued the alert effective Monday afternoon and evening, November...

Toddler-sized coats needed for Head Start coat drive

When Habersham County Head Start Teacher Tiffany Moss passed away at the beginning of the school year due to COVID-19, she left behind a...

GSP identifies man killed in Stephens County motorcycle wreck

The Georgia State Patrol has identified the biker killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Stephens County as 49-year-old William Pate of Seneca, South...