Blairsville city officials reviewed the results of a community housing survey during the City Council’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 9, finding that residents are facing limited housing options as home prices, rental costs and demand rise. The survey, which received approximately 400…
An estimated 150 to 200 visitors gathered at Union County Fire Station No. 3 from 11 a.m.
Not many people get the chance to reunite with childhood friends after the better part of a century, but members of the Union County High School Class of 1956 did just that in coming together for their 70th Class Reunion on June 6. Class of ’56 graduate Bobby Jackson hosted the event out of his…
The U.S. Forest Service, in partnership with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, has completed a reroute of the Byron Herbert Reece Trail, so named years ago for the beloved poet, farmer and native son of Union County.
Several state races and one federal contest failed to produce majority vote winners in the May 19 General Primary Elections and will therefore be heading to Primary Runoff Elections set for next Tuesday, June 16, with a short early voting period this week that ends on Friday. All in-person early…
Local narcotics investigators have upended a major prison drug trafficking operation, resulting in more than 2 pounds of meth, 4.5 pounds of marijuana, 7 pounds of tobacco and other contraband being confiscated from a single inmate housed over 100 miles away at Hays State Prison. The ongoing…
The Rotary Club of Union County gave community members a chance to anonymously turn in unwanted firearms on Saturday, May 30, during the county’s first ever Child and Firearms Safety Day Program, hosted in partnership with local law enforcement. People could surrender unwanted or nonworking…
For 13 years, Awake America Prayer Meetings have been a staple at Blairsville City Hall. Over that time, the meetings have spread to surrounding cities and even other states while maintaining a constant presence in the heart of Program Coordinator Lydia Long’s community.
On Saturday, May 23, the Union County Board of Education held its rescheduled monthly meeting in Suches, where members discussed open records requests, raising out-of-county tuition and other business before the Woody Gap Graduation Ceremony. While not an agenda item, the most heavily discussed…
Several state races and one federal contest failed to produce majority vote winners in the May 19 General Primary Elections and will therefore be heading to Primary Runoff Elections on Tuesday, June 16. That means early voting will run next week, from Monday, June 8, through Friday, June 12.
