Union County's first responders took advantage of an online learning day to train together on Active Threat response, bringing the Sheriff's Office, Fire Department, Schools Police, and School System together as a team.
The Union County Short-Term Rental Board used its work session meeting on Monday, July 27, to review the county’s short-term rental ordinance and discuss several proposed revisions aimed at improving fire safety and eliminating a potential conflict of interest on the board. According to Short-Term…
Around lunchtime Monday, the Union County Sheriff's Office reported that Union County E-911 Dispatch received a phone call at 10:06 a.m. about a person with a single gunshot wound at the Union County VA Clinic.
Students will return from summer break on Wednesday, Aug. 5, and the Union County School System has some important information parents will want to know prior to the first day.
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.
