Union County Sheriff’s Sgt. Marc Pilote is now a fully certified Firearms Instructor, having just completed a specialized training program administered by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center that is housed within the U.S.
From successful grant notifications to donations to the Fire Department and preparing for major winter weather, Union County Sheriff Shawn Dyer has kept busy seemingly every minute of the roughly two weeks he has been in his new role leading the Sheriff’s Office. Of course, there’s the law…
The winter storm that moved through the region Friday, Jan. 10, ended up being a best-case scenario for residents, dropping just 2 to 3 inches of snow while causing minimal power outages, downed trees and wrecks in Union County.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was laid to rest on Thursday, Jan.
The Blairsville City Council and Mayor Jim Conley took care of some annual housekeeping business in their first regular meeting of the year on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
NO BYLINE The following individuals were indicted during the January Term 2025 of the Union County Grand Jury, which met last week:
Little miss Oakleigh Ellamae Payne rang in the new year with her birth as Union General Hospital’s first baby of 2025. She entered the world at 11:56 a.m.
HIAWASSEE – People from across the mountains and beyond celebrated the arrival of the New Year at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds, with free music and beautiful fireworks helping hundreds of families to ring in 2025 with the best view around the night of Dec. 31.
HIAWASSEE – Hawks Harbor Condos on US 76 was the site of the county’s first structure fire of 2025, and Towns County Fire & Rescue responded quickly to knock down the flames. Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire.
Union County Firefighters fought their first structure fire of 2025 on Friday, Jan. 3, and thankfully, no one was injured in the blaze.
