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Collins renews SPLOST effort, makes meeting changes

In his June 18 regular meeting, Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins once again adopted a resolution approving a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Blairsville regarding disbursement of SPLOST collections. The agreement is in reference to…

County, residents aligned against data centers

On Thursday, June 11, the Union County Commissioner’s Office welcomed more than 400 people to the Multipurpose Gym at the Sports Center for a public hearing on revisions to the local ordinance regarding “data centers.” It was the largest county meeting anyone could remember and lasted about 2.5…

Local investigation ends in state prison drug bust

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…

Early voting ends Friday for Primary Runoff Elections

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…

Primary Runoff Elections to start early voting Monday

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.

Hunter victorious for BOE; several races head to runoff

The 2026 General Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election concluded on Tuesday, May 19, and the winner of the only contested county-level race in Union County was Tony Hunter, the Incumbent for School Board District 2. Currently in his fourth term, Hunter came out on top in the Republican contest…

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