2020 IN REVIEW: Coronavirus and other news from the past year

  • Eric and Misty Wilcox sing at The Torch’s drive-up prayer service March 22 at one of the first socially-distanced worship services during the COVID-19 crisis.
    Eric and Misty Wilcox sing at The Torch’s drive-up prayer service March 22 at one of the first socially-distanced worship services during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Students returned to Habersham County Schools on Sept. 10, including some who took extra precautions due to COVID-19.
    Students returned to Habersham County Schools on Sept. 10, including some who took extra precautions due to COVID-19.
  • Roads like Waco Smith were washed out in the flooding of Hurricane Delta on Oct. 10.
    Roads like Waco Smith were washed out in the flooding of Hurricane Delta on Oct. 10.
  • Activists from Habersham County and surrounding areas gathered peacefully June 5 around Clarkesville’s downtown gazebo to speak out against systemic racism and police brutality.
    Activists from Habersham County and surrounding areas gathered peacefully June 5 around Clarkesville’s downtown gazebo to speak out against systemic racism and police brutality.

       When two patients were identified at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta as COVID-19 positive in early March, it was a huge story.

       No one had any idea then that number w…

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