Union County Sole Commissioner Harold Collins, Fire Chief David Dyer and Sheriff Shawn Dyer accepted invitations to speak with the Union County Democrats Sept. 15 about the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum that will appear in the General Election on Nov.
For generations of Union County football players, Brian Allison was more than a football coach. Now, the community is mourning the loss of the longtime coach, educator and Union County native, who passed away Friday, Sept.
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 annual Sorghum in the Mountains Festival will return in just a few weeks’ time, and organizers of the syrup-sopped local tradition are excited to be hosting the festival’s second year under new management. Always the second and third weekends in October, the 2026 offering promises all the…
HIAWASSEE – Three days of Special Qualifying for the Office of Towns County Sheriff ended at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.
On Sept. 8, the Blairsville City Council held a first reading of new development regulations in response to growth and public safety concerns, as well as created a code enforcement position to handle ordinance violations, with particular concern for accumulated junk on properties in town.
In the 2026 General Election, voters will be deciding whether to task District 8 State Rep. Stan Gunter with changing the form of Union County Government.
A quarter of a century has passed since Islamic terrorism changed the nation and world on Sept. 11, 2001.
The Georgia Heart Institute of the Northeast Georgia Health System celebrated its new office location at 129 S. Main Street in Hiawassee with a well-attended ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Sept.
The Union County Commissioner’s Office hosted an educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Town Hall at the Fine Arts Center on Thursday, Sept. 10, which enjoyed slightly greater attendance by the public than the previous week’s SPLOST Town Hall in Suches.
