Legislature approves gas tax increase
Taxes at the gas pump would rise in Habersham County and statewide under a compromise version of HB 170 passed by both chambers of the...
Regional drug crackdown continues
The regional drug crackdown continues with several arrests in Rabun County. Agents with the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO), Rabun County Sheriff's Office and...
Sheriff: Key Road shooting was murder-suicide
Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell says the shooting last week at a Mt. Airy address on Key Road was a case of “murder-suicide.”
According to investigators,...
SPLOST VI now in effect
Cash registers across Habersham were updated this morning and consumers started paying a penny more on every dollar spent as the county's new special...
UPDATE: Water main break repaired.
Crews worked diligently through the night and were able to finish the repair to the water main around midnight last night. City Clerk Marlena...
Habersham students who failed grad tests can get diploma
Thanks to a new law, Habersham County students get a diploma do-over. Those who didn’t graduate due to a failed graduation test can now...
GDOT work will disrupt water service in Martin
Martin, Ga. – Georgia DOT announces crews are working to install the new water line for the Martin Area at the intersection of Yowell...
Water main break in Demorest
Public works crews are on the scene working to repair a water main break in Demorest. City Clerk Marlena Sosebee tells Now Habersham the...
Rabun Gap’s Dess Oliver’s Passing
Many Habersham families have close ties, historically and currently, to Rabun Gap School. The following is a letter fro Dr. Sgro imparting the sad...
GDOT: Beam me up
Chattahoochee River, Ga. – Georgia DOT announces Wednesday, April 1 crews will begin to set the new pre-stressed concrete bridge beams for the new...
GDOT still cleaning up from winter
Gainesville, Ga. – Georgia DOT announces work to clean up from Winter’s wrath continues in Northeast Georgia. Today crews will begin installing thousands of...
New Census figures: Habersham grows, Stephens shrinks
Habersham County is growing again. The latest census estimates show our population grew by about 450 people between 2013 and 2014. Habersham's population declined (-169)...