Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins debuted the new county meeting venue and time on Thursday, July 16, hosting his monthly business at the Sports Center instead of the courthouse, and at 9:30 a.m. instead of 6 p.m.
“It’s duck season,” warned Blairsville Police Chief Michael “Bear” Baxter ahead of the yellow swarm that will soon overtake Butternut Creek at the Union County Farmers Market. This year marks the Eighth Annual Duck Derby, and hopes are high that the community will follow up last year’s outstanding…
The North Georgia News recently reported that the America 250 Parade on July 4, 2026, was the first-ever Independence Day parade through Downtown Blairsville. A lifelong resident of Union County called the newspaper last week to say that Blairsville actually held a Fourth of July parade 50 years…
Thanks to regular rain this summer, drought conditions in North Georgia have improved from an extended “extreme drought” classification this spring to a lower level of “severe drought” as of June 24, per the National Integrated Drought Information System. But even though the skies have been opening…
Last week, the Tennessee Valley Authority provided the North Georgia News with a minor update to the lake drawdown start schedule to undertake necessary spillway repairs at the neighboring Chatuge Dam. In September 2025, TVA said that work at the spillway would not begin before late 2027, with…
In a called meeting on Wednesday, July 1, the Blairsville City Council adopted a moratorium that temporarily pauses the acceptance of applications to develop data centers inside city limits. No one has approached the city about building a data center to date, but Blairsville currently has no…
HIAWASSEE – During lunchtime on Thursday, July 2, suspended Towns County Sheriff Ken Henderson turned himself in for booking at the Towns County Jail on brand new felony charges brought by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. He was released shortly afterward on a $30,000 bond.
A coordinated effort between law enforcement agencies in Cherokee County, North Carolina, and Gilmer, Fannin and Union counties in Georgia has once again led to the successful interception of dangerous narcotics before they could reach local communities.
News Special On Tuesday, June 16, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Union County E911 received a call of a structure fire in the Grace Mountain Road area. Union County Fire Department Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, and 13 responded with volunteer and career firefighters/apparatus.
News Special Florence “Flo” Ford Gerrard has lived the kind of life that most people only dream of. At 101 years old, Flo is still smiling, still inspiring others and still keeping up with her beloved Atlanta Braves.
