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NGTC Photography students share portfolios

Pictured: Left to right (Front): Colleen Gearty, Alexandria Velazquez, Lindsay Marie Galliher, Victoria Boyce, Katie Dowis, Maria Gonzalez, Georgia Zumwalt; (Back): Charles Morrow, Megan...

Habersham leaders to buy land for new Fire Station

Habersham County Commission members have approved a plan to buy 4.45 acres for a new fire station. The vote came after a closed executive...

State Route 17 widening forces road closing in Stephens

Martin, Ga. – Georgia DOT announces Anderson Thomas Road at its intersection with State Route 17 will close Wednesday for 30 days as the...

VFL Duck Race raises $20,000 for literacy

Volunteers for Literacy rubber duck race winners Randy Hatcher, left, and Larry Haydon pose with their winning ducks and prize winnings. Hatcher, of Cornelia...

Insurance costs rise for Habersham employees and taxpayers

Habersham County Commissioners approved a new insurance plan Monday night. Taxpayers will have to pony up $122,780 more to cover county workers in 2016...

Special Called meeting in Demorest

The City Council has called a special meeting for Tuesday, May 19th. The agenda is the release of the 2013 audit. This audit is...

GA Dept of Corrections hosts Family Day

FORSYTH, GA. – Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) will host a Family Day event for family members of inmates on May 29 in Milledgeville,...

Tallulah Falls School President’s Commendation List

Tallulah Falls - Tallulah Falls School is pleased to announce that 132 students in the ninth through twelfth grades have earned Presidents Commendation honors...

Brothers dead after domestic dispute in Banks County

Banks County Sheriff’s Deputies say 2 brothers are dead after a shooting at a home on Highway 198. Public Information Officer, Sgt. Carissa McFaddin, says the incident...

GDOT to suspend roadwork during holiday

ATLANTA – To ease Memorial Day weekend traffic congestion, the Georgia Department of Transportation is suspending construction-related lane closures on interstate and major state...

Alleged drug trafficker nabbed in undercover sting operation

A Loganville, Georgia man is in jail after allegedly trying to sell a pound of methamphetamine to an undercover drug agent in Banks County....

Habersham DA named to state Cannabis Commission

Governor Nathan Deal today appointed Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Brian Rickman to the new Georgia Commission on Medical Cannabis. Last month, Deal signed House...