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Northeast Georgia

Affordable Clarkesville apartment complex to be completed early 2022

Habersham County is in desperate need of affordable housing, and renters searching for a place to call home can look forward to the completion...

Commissioner Bruce Palmer to hold town hall meeting tonight

District 1 Habersham County Commissioner Bruce Palmer will hold a town hall meeting this evening at 5:30 p.m. to discuss topics with citizens such...

Two seriously burned in Demorest work accident Sunday

Paramedics airlifted two burn victims to Grady Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday following a work accident in Demorest. Immediately following the accident, officials said...

Mount Airy man arrested and charged with trafficking Fentanyl

Drug task force agents arrested a Mount Airy man last week following a two-month investigation. They charged 38-year-old Ryan Terry Lovell with multiple drug...

DWTS for Hope raises nearly $99K for Circle of Hope

It was a show and fundraiser two years in the making but it was so worth the wait. After the money and votes were...

Pedestrian killed in Athens crash

At midnight on Monday, a pedestrian walking along US-129/Jefferson Road near Oak Grove Road was struck and killed. Athens-Clarke County Police Department's initial investigation identified...

Friday wreck in Alto sends two to NGMC

A Friday afternoon accident on GA-365 near Wilbanks Road resulted in two hospital transports to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Georgia State Patrol says the accident...

Trooper uses PIT maneuver to end high-speed chase on Toccoa Bypass

A Norfolk, Virginia, man was jailed Sunday after leading a Georgia state trooper on a high-speed chase in Stephens County, officials say. Around 2:55 p.m....

Dancing with the Stars for Hope

One of Habersham County's most highly-anticipated events of the year is going virtual. The popular Dancing with the Stars for Hope fundraiser scheduled for...

Cornelia’s ‘biggest’ Big Red Apple Festival draws large crowd

A year since traditional festivals and gatherings were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgians were ready for Cornelia's beginning-of-fall festivities Saturday...

Big Red Apple Festival back for its 33rd year this Saturday

After the Big Red Apple Festival's 2020 hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Cornelia is ready to welcome back the crowds...

COVID-19 numbers in Habersham Schools decreasing, no secondary staff cases

For the last two weeks, COVID-19 numbers in Habersham's schools have stayed about the same, but this week, the decrease in cases is noticeable....