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Georgia Head Coach Wes Johnson celebrates with his team after the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals Sunday night. KARI HODGES/UGAAA

Georgia Head Coach Wes Johnson celebrates with his team after the Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals Sunday night. KARI HODGES/UGAAA

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Georgia marches on to Super Regional

News Staff
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
   The University of Georgia baseball team is heading to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time since 2008, after the Bulldogs took care of rival Georgia Tech 8-6 in a 4 hour, 7 minutes extra innings affair Sunday night.
Tomatoes sit in the early morning dew. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

Tomatoes sit in the early morning dew. ZACH TAYLOR/Special

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Farmers eligible for loans due to ’23 drought

Julianne Akers
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
   The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has classified Habersham County, along with 16 others, as a primary natural disaster area due to severe drought conditions seen last fall, making local farmers eligible for emergency relief loans from the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Photo by Joel Moysuh on Unsplash

Photo by Joel Moysuh on Unsplash

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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.
Photo by Blake Wisz on Unsplash

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.
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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.