Deal announces start of statewide tax-free holiday weekend
Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the statewide back-to-school tax-free holiday weekend will take place this Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31.
“The back-to-school tax-free holiday allows...
Habersham Homeroom: Virtual reality field trips
Upper School Spanish teacher Sara Roberts peers into the future during a recent workshop training on devices used for virtual reality field trips. (PHOTO/E....
NGTC to Conduct Campus Emergency Exercise Drills
(Clarkesville, GA) — North Georgia Technical College will conduct three emergency preparedness drills next week – one on each campus – that will involve...
Tallulah Falls School hosts law enforcement for tactical training
Members of the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team enter a dormitory on the campus of Tallulah Falls School during a recent...
Alto house fire caused by “electrical malfunction”
Displaced family of four grateful for generous donations and outpouring of community support
A fire that forced an Alto family out of their home Monday has...
NGCF accepting philanthropy award nominations
Nominations accepted through August 12th
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (July 20, 2016) – The North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) is now accepting nominations for its 2016 Philanthropy...
Regional drug task force investigation leads to arrest of Toccoa man
A Toccoa man faces drug charges for allegedly manufacturing and selling marijuana from his Doyle Street home.
A press release from the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) says 29-year...
Truett McConnell University celebrates 70 years
TMU President Emir Caner (left) with members of the class of 1949: Dr. Louise Holcomb, Ethelene Dyer Jones, Betty Hawkins Carpenter, John Carpenter, Betty...
A Simple Thing Really…
The Torch purchased a compound in Haiti in January of this year which contains a school for over 500 children; a medical clinic; a...
Georgia DOT Partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is teaming up with the navigation app Waze to help improve mobility and road safety in Georgia.
GDOT announced this...
Memorial service held for Clarkesville woman killed in fire
Husband's memorial service scheduled for Saturday
A memorial service was held Friday afternoon for one of two victims who died Monday in a mobile home fire near...
HEMC holds annual meeting
Thousands turn out for the local cooperative's biggest event of the year!
Habersham EMC held its Annual Meeting July 21 at Habersham Ninth Grade Academy...