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Northeast Georgia

Low cost spay/neuter program now available in White County

(Cleveland)- White County Animal Control Services has announced a low-cost spay/neuter program available to the public that went into effect on November 1. The program...

Gillsville woman accused of stealing over $168K from her employer

A Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Gillsville woman for stealing nearly $170,000 from her employer this year. The...

Cleveland at odds with Chick-Fil-A over special events permit

(Cleveland)- The Cleveland City Council refused to take action earlier this week on a special events permit filed by Chick-fil-A in Cleveland for an...

Hatchett wins State Senate seat; Anderson wins State House seat

Habersham County's new state legislative delegation is homegrown. Cornelia attorney and businessman Bo Hatchett and Alto businessman and former county commission chair Victor Anderson...

Stamey retains commission seat, Adams hopes he “moved the needle”

Tim Stamey has retained his seat on the Habersham County Commission in a landslide victory of 16,382 votes, winning over 83 percent of Habersham...

Trump over Biden in record balloting in White County

(Cleveland) - White County voters set a record for the number of votes cast in a single election, 14,775 ballots were cast in early...

HEMC power now fully restored, GA Power working to resolve last few remaining outages

The lights are back on in Northeast Georgia. Habersham EMC says crews fully restored power to its six-county service area early Tuesday evening. Georgia...

Resort cabin burns in White County

An investigator with the State Fire Marshal's Office is working to determine what caused a rental cabin at a local resort to burn overnight. White...

Statewide tornado drill to be held Wednesday

The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) will  hold a statewide tornado drill Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 9:30 a.m. This event coincides...

Despite record early voting, election day turnout still expected to be huge

Georgia election officials are bracing for more record turnout as voters go to the polls on Election Day Tuesday. Statewide, 3.9 million early and...
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More charges filed against driver whose teen passenger died in wreck

Deputies have filed seven more charges against a Gainesville man in connection with an early October traffic accident that killed his 17-year-old passenger. The Hall...

Some Georgia Power, HEMC customers could be without power through weekend

It will be several more days before power is fully restored across Georgia, utility company officials say. Nearly a quarter-million Georgia Power customers and approximately...