Heads up, Union County motorists: next month, the City of Blairsville will begin a major road project that will temporarily disrupt traffic downtown, as Blue Ridge Street is being resurfaced between the square and Earnest Street. The Blue Ridge Street Improvement Project is actually several…
The Union County Alcohol Board met at the Community Center over about four hours on Tuesday, June 23, to review the county’s alcohol ordinance for the first time since 2024. During the meeting, the board came up with several ordinance updates to recommend to Sole Commissioner Harold Collins,…
An estimated 150 to 200 visitors gathered at Union County Fire Station No. 3 from 11 a.m.
Blairsville city officials reviewed the results of a community housing survey during the City Council’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 9, finding that residents are facing limited housing options as home prices, rental costs and demand rise. The survey, which received approximately 400…
The Rotary Club of Union County gave community members a chance to anonymously turn in unwanted firearms on Saturday, May 30, during the county’s first ever Child and Firearms Safety Day Program, hosted in partnership with local law enforcement. People could surrender unwanted or nonworking…
Despite rain showers Saturday morning, May 23, volunteers gathered under the pavilions at the Union County Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Blairsville City Council met Tuesday, May 12, for its regular monthly meeting, where members approved an agreement with Engineering Management Inc. to serve as the engineering firm for the Georgia 515 sewer expansion project.
The Blairsville Veterans Commanders Group will honor those who lost their lives while serving in the United States military by hosting the annual Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Saturday, May 23, in Downtown Blairsville. The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m.
The Union County Commissioner’s Office hosted a plaque dedication ceremony at Meeks Park on Thursday, May 14, to honor several local families whose donated labor and materials helped get the wheel of the park’s historic grist mill turning again. Randy and Chris Hampton of Hampton Well Drilling…
Beginning at 11 a.m. and lasting into the afternoon, people filtered through Union County Fire Department Station No.
