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Mail fiasco causing county, Congress plenty of headaches

Matthew Osborne
Saturday, April 6, 2024
   Many of Habersham County’s recreation baseball players were without uniforms for the first week of games before spring break.    The shirts were ordered and produced, but they were sitting in the U.S. Postal Service’s new processing center in Palmetto that is causing so much angst across Georgia.
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Photo by Blake Wisz on Unsplash

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Proposed sales tax bill gets LOST in space

Matthew Osborne
Saturday, April 6, 2024
   Habersham County leaders have been looking for a way to get a Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) back on the books for the county, and Rep. Victor Anderson (R-Cornelia) crafted a bill in January to do just that.
Bob Corry of Tiger took this photo on a cold January morning. Corry’s photo was featured on the cover of the winter 2023 edition of Lake Living magazine. Photo/Bob Corry

Bob Corry of Tiger took this photo on a cold January morning. Corry’s photo was featured on the cover of the winter 2023 edition of Lake Living magazine. Photo/Bob Corry

Photo contest open for Lake Living magazine

News Staff
Thursday, March 21, 2024
   Flowers are blooming and temperatures are rising. It’s time to take your boat out of storage and make plans to visit one of Northeast Georgia’s beautiful lakes.    Lake Living magazine is looking for photos that represent this scenic time of year at the lake.
Work goes on in Atlanta after Crossover Day passed Thursday.

Work goes on in Atlanta after Crossover Day passed Thursday.

Crossover Day provides mix of survivors, casualties

News Staff
Friday, March 1, 2024
   Crossover Day has come and gone in the General Assembly this year, with some bills making the deadline to remain eligible for passage in 2024 and others falling by the wayside.
Cameron Cheeks. SUBMITTED

Cameron Cheeks. SUBMITTED

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Another lawsuit filed for prison atrocities

Julianne Akers
Friday, March 1, 2024
   A former prisoner at Lee Arrendale State Prison filed a lawsuit on Feb. 20 alleging former corrections officer Cameron Cheeks raped her while she was a prisoner at the facility in late 2022.
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A few surprises so far in Atlanta

Kyle Wingfield
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
   Georgia’s 2024 legislative session hits its midpoint this week. As usual, the second half will be far more active and intense than the first. But let’s pause to consider how this session has already defied expectations.
Photo of UGA X. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED

Photo of UGA X. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHLETICS/SUBMITTED

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UGA X RECALLED FONDLY

News Staff
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
University of Georgia Athletics announced that Uga X, fondly known as Que, died peacefully in his sleep earlier Tuesday morning. Born May 27, 2013, he formally began his tenure in a collaring ceremony at the Georgia-Georgia Southern football game on Nov. 21, 2015.
Georgia General Assembly in session. Credit/Georgia Public Broadcasting

Georgia General Assembly in session. Credit/Georgia Public Broadcasting

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Assembly kicks off new session Monday

Matthew Osborne
Friday, January 5, 2024
   A new session of Georgia’s General Assembly begins Monday in Atlanta, and being the start of Year 2 of a cycle, plenty of bills will already be in play as legislators return to the dome.    “It will start a lot quicker,” Sen. Bo Hatchett said.
Hunters (from left) John Hart, Austin McGugan, Cody Payne and Alan Feind had no trouble bagging some birds last year. GEORGIA DNR/Submitted

Hunters (from left) John Hart, Austin McGugan, Cody Payne and Alan Feind had no trouble bagging some birds last year. GEORGIA DNR/Submitted

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Duck season opens Nov. 18 in Georgia

News Staff
Friday, November 10, 2023
   Waterfowl hunters are ready to head to their favorite wetland location for the Georgia duck hunting season when it opens on Sat., Nov. 18, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).