Talking Rock, Ga – The North Georgia Health District, district office of the Georgia Department of Public Health, is warning citizens in both Pickens and Gilmer Counties to be aware of potentially rabid animals in the Talking Rock area. The official statement by the office only reports of a dog bite sometime on September 4. While […]
Read More »BOE Member Nick Weaver Resigns
ELLIJAY, Ga – Gilmer County Charter Schools Superintendent Dr. Shanna Downs has confirmed that Board Member Nicholas Weaver has tendered his resignation from the Board today, September 11, 2018. According to the Board’s Official Statement, the resignation comes as he has moved out of the Post 3 area of Gilmer County, he can no longer […]
Read More »Fetching Features: a look at Chamber President Paige Green
Celebrating ten years at a job is amazing in itself, but I recently learned that even five years at a Chamber of Commerce is not exactly common, much less ten. As if meant to be, the Gilmer Chamber celebrates 40 years in the same month that its President and CEO, Paige Green, achieves a milestone rarely […]
Read More »Fire and Rescue Weekly Status Report 7/22 – 7/28
Dates Fire Alarms Emergency Med Calls (EMS) MVC (Vehicle Accidents 7/22/18-7/28/18 2 82 6 Vehicle Fires Haz. Conditions Other Total Calls 2 11 7 110
Read More »Finance decisions dominate BOE’s July Meeting
ELLIJAY, GA. – Casting the final vote for the coming ESPLOST, alongside votes on bids and lunch prices, set the theme for the Board of Education’s last regular meeting before school starts back. As previously reported in last week’s BOE to call for an ESPLOST Election, the survey results were provided to board member along […]
Read More »GMS Principal Walker dies in accident
ELLIJAY, Ga – Gilmer students and staff are waking to awful news this morning as reports are coming in about a tragedy involving Gilmer Middle School Principal Larry Walker. The news came late in the night as Gilmer County Schools Superintendent Dr. Shanna Downs says she alerted her administration and the schools. Making the news […]
Read More »Substance at vape shop hospitalizes five
Jasper, Ga – Authorities have met a major incident as they executed a search warrant at the local A1 Smoke Shop in Jasper, Georgia. During the execution of the search warrant today, September 14, members of the Drug Task Force, Pickens Sheriff’s Office, and Jasper City Police were exposed to an unidentified substance that immediately […]
Read More »Fire and Rescue Weekly Status Report 9/2 – 9/8
Dates Structure Fires Emergency Med Calls (EMS) MVC (Vehicle Accidents Vehicle Fires 9/2/18-9/8/18 1 84 8 1 Haz. Conditions Air Transports Other Total Calls 3 1 4 101
Read More »Teen Maze grows in Gilmer
Ellijay, Ga. – At the Lion’s Club Fairgrounds, the High School’s annual Teen Maze saw students traversing their mock future through both good and bad decisions by random chance. Spreading the thoughts across the students, they flip cards and take chance spins of wheels to see how one bad decision spirals into catastrophe for their […]
Read More »Mountain Cinemas Donates to GHS Film
Ellijay, Ga. – The GHS Film program has cause to celebrate this week as they have received a $1,000 donation from the Georgia Theater Company, owners of Mountain Cinemas who held a special day for them in June at their grand opening. The day was held specially to celebrate the theater’s opening, but is a […]
Read More »Gilmer Schools: Increasing Security
ELLIJAY, Ga. – Over the past two months, the Gilmer County Board of Education has listened to proposals from Kloud-12 on possible changes to their school system’s security. Stretching back further than that, even when planning the renovations of Gilmer High School, security increases have grown more accustomed to their spot in the forefront of discussion. […]
Read More »BOE final decisions on Buses and Millage
ELLIJAY, Ga. – The Gilmer County Board of Education formally accepted their 2018 Millage Rate this week with unanimous approval from the present board members. The final vote came 4-0, Nick Weaver was absent, on Thursday, August 23, setting the rate at 14.458 mills for the year. After discussing the rate on Monday’s Work Session […]
Read More »On the Town: The Meg
Do you like the SyFy channel? Do you like their “cheesy” sci-fi movies? If you do, it may help you enjoy Jaws 12… oops, sorry, I meant “The Meg.” But seriously, so many shark movies that all copied “Jaws,” this may as well be Jaws 12. As a bonus, I’m going to see just how many shark-in-a-movie […]
Read More »Pickens dedicates Veterans Memorial
JASPER, Ga. – It’s not Veterans’ Day, but you might think it was if you were in Pickens County on August 9 as they finally dedicated their long-awaited Veterans Memorial next to Lee Newton Park. Situated at the edge of the parking lot on Stegall Drive, the Memorial opened for the public with an official dedication […]
Read More »GHS renovations near completion
ELLIJAY, Ga. – With the majority of the renovations complete and everything ready for the students, it is confirmed that the project will not reach 100% before Tuesday’s start of term. However, the project has not moved construction into classrooms and only minor details remain in student areas. During a special called meeting of the […]
Read More »Drug Task Force Officer Arrested
Jasper, Ga. – The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and released reports for warrants and booking for one Charles Daniel Hamrick. According to the Arrest Warrant, Hamrick is accused of using his position as a peace officer to convince a person to send nude and semi-nude photos to him. The offense violates his oath […]
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