The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the death of 67-year-old Thomas Lee Marcell, a Towns County resident believed to have been killed Sunday morning in a massive home explosion that echoed over a 10-mile radius from its epicenter near Downtown Young Harris. Investigators are looking…
YOUNG HARRIS – In a remarkably poignant and powerful ceremony, U.S. Army Maj.
Clint Hobbs, former vice president for enrollment management and external relations, returned to Young Harris College on Jan. 1, 2025, as Special Assistant to the President.
On Saturday, the Blairsville Police Department announced the surrender of Shiloh Jacob Orellana-Irvin, the fugitive who allegedly fled in his vehicle during an attempted traffic stop Feb. 7 and subsequently collided with two members of the motoring public before escaping on foot.
After announcing that he would be retiring soon from office, Blairsville Mayor Jim Conley received a round of applause from attendees of the Feb. 11 regular city meeting in recognition for all he has done during his five consecutive terms leading the city.
A Summerville man surrendered at gunpoint after leading the Union County Sheriff’s Office on a foot chase from River City Bank to the Blairsville Post Office last week. Charles Jason Jackson, 49, entered River City Bank around 3:30 p.m.
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The Georgia Department of Transportation is estimating that work on the Young Harris Bypass will start back Monday after a lengthy pause that began last summer when a boulder containing Native American petroglyphs was inadvertently damaged during construction. Also known as Phase I of the Georgia…
At press time, the Blairsville Police Department was asking the community’s help in locating a Union County resident wanted for fleeing law enforcement in a Feb. 7 chase that resulted in two collisions with the motoring public.
Progress continues to widen Georgia 515/US 76 between Blairsville and Young Harris to four lanes, with the last of three construction phases having been awarded last week by the Georgia Department of Transportation. Construction company AIS Infrastructure announced Jan.
