September 2025

This photograph by David Monderer captures Lower Manhattan around 8:30 a.m. on Sept.11, 2001 – about 16 minutes before a plane hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Photo/911memorial.org

Annual Patriot Day event to honor memory of 9/11

Where were you when the world stopped turning that terrible September day 24 years ago? Locals of all ages will ponder that question during the annual 9/11 ceremony taking place at the Union County Fine Arts Center on Patriot Day, that is, on Thursday, Sept.

Rep. Clyde received a boat tour of Chatuge Dam from Boundary Waters Owner and Save Lake Chatuge Member Kevin Clem last week. Photo/Submitted

Rep. Clyde visits Chatuge to celebrate TVA ‘win-win’

HIAWASSEE – When the Tennessee Valley Authority announced in March its plans to repair a potentially disastrous spillway vulnerability at Chatuge Dam, the communities of North Georgia and Western North Carolina immediately sensed troubled waters ahead. With initial upper-bound estimates of four to…

Among the many things to do at this year’s Mountain Heritage Festival, the age-old pastime of checkers provided families with a fun activity that was popular with the area’s forebears. Photo by Brittany Holbrooks

Heritage Festival attracts thousands of visitors in ‘25

The Union County Historical Society’s Mountain Heritage Festival enjoyed a bustling two days over Labor Day Weekend. Folks flocked to the Mountain Life Museum in Downtown Blairsville to see and experience what life was like for area residents “back in the day.” Decorated with furniture donated by…

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