The Union County GOP hosted a School Board Candidate Forum on Tuesday, April 14, which lasted about two hours and turned contentious at times inside the Haralson Memorial Civic Center. Three of the four Republican candidates for the only contested seat on the Union County Board of Education…
NO BYLINE - River City Youth Art26 Front: River City Bank held its annual Youth Art Show March 2-31. Many Union County students took prompts from their teachers and made them into unique works of art, like Pippa Chatham, pictured here at the April 14 reception celebrating the student artists.
At this time every year, Union County E-911 Dispatch receives special recognition for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, during which time the community shares in the love the dispatchers have developed among themselves as members of a tight-knit public safety family. In 2026, the…
Blairsville Assistant Police Chief Russell “Rusty” Walker has completed the Chief Executive Training Program conducted by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police. He spent two weeks in Gwinnett County last month, culminating in graduation March 12.
By press time, much of the North Georgia Mountains had been spared an outbreak of wildfires despite increased risk amid ongoing drought, windy conditions, higher temperatures and lower relative humidity, especially during the day. The region is experiencing its worst drought perhaps since Fall…
Nolan Geiger, a 17-year-old Blairsville youth, lost his life Saturday after a crash on Blood Mountain, the Georgia State Patrol confirmed over the weekend. Shortly before 4 p.m.
NO BYLINE - UCB Blairsville Easter26 Front: United Community Bank of Blairsville wished the community “Happy Easter!” on Friday, April 3. For especially small young ones like Nora Cobb, the whole family, including parents Macy and Tucker, got involved in the memory making.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office is always looking for opportunities to make the community safer, and one of the most effective ways to do that is traffic enforcement. Speeding and distracted driving have more in common than simply being against the law; both also maim and kill, and Sheriff Shawn…
On Wednesday, April 1, Union General Hospital welcomed the public to an Open House showcasing its new and renovated Operating Room Suites. The occasion was one of true celebration, complete with heartfelt comments by grateful Surgical Team members and Health System leadership, community tours of…
Since making the PEACH Education Tax Credit available to the public last August, the Union County College & Career Academy has already experienced tremendous success, collecting roughly half of its two-year participation cap in the program’s first few months. That’s because individuals and…
