Thankfully, Union County dodged the worst predictions for the massive storm system that swept across much of the Central, Southern and Eastern United States March 15 into March 16. The storm killed several dozen people before arriving in the North Georgia Mountains Saturday evening, but by press…
Blairsville Mayor Buddy Moore led his first meeting as the chief executive of the city on Tuesday, March 11, with council chambers filled at City Hall thanks to civic-minded visitors from the Leadership Union Team of the Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce. The regular monthly meeting also…
HIAWASSEE – New Young Harris College President Dr. John Wells spelled out his vision for the Enchanted Valley and beyond in the weekly meeting of the Mountain Movers and Shakers on Friday, March 14.
Clients of the Union County Senior Center learned last week that their beloved director, Lee Davis, would be resigning from her position. This Friday, March 21, will serve as Davis’ last day.
A Union County man tragically lost his life in a pre-dawn house fire on Tuesday, March 4. Russell Willis of Becky Road was 73.
A winter storm blew across the North Georgia and Western North Carolina region the evening of Tuesday, March 4, and into the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 5, knocking out power at thousands of homes and downing around 60 trees onto Union County roadways. The Blue Ridge Mountain EMC worked…
Trouble arrived at the doorstep of the Union County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon when a man in a black Toyota truck parked outside the Beasley Street headquarters and began “acting crazy,” Sheriff Shawn Dyer said. Deputies noticed the man right away; he was hard to miss, irately shouting what…
HIAWASSEE – Authorities are investigating a potential murder-suicide at Bell Mountain Park involving twin brothers from Lawrenceville. Hikers found the two men deceased at the top of Bell Mountain in Hiawassee around 11 a.m.
Last week, Naveela Philbeck reached out to the North Georgia News to clarify reporting on her harassment allegations that appeared in a Feb. 26 article titled “New allegations leveled at Superintendent Hill.” The newspaper originally reported that Philbeck accused former school employee Crystal…
