Unfortunately, the recent tragic murders of a Cobb County couple who were attempting to purchase a vehicle from a seller on Craigslist has brought to light the importance of using extreme caution when making any online transactions. Sheriff Nicholson wants all citizens to know that their safety is of utmost concern to the Gilmer County […]
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GA DOT Begins Work on Trimming Overgrown Vegetation
As part of its integrated roadside vegetation management program, Georgia DOT Maintenance crews begin today their work on trimming overgrown vegetation along State Route (SR); SR 52 and SR 2 in Gilmer County. Work will proceed daily between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., weather permitting. Tuesday, February 3 through Friday, February 6, […]
Read More »Mr. John Farris Arnold: Obituary
Mr. John Farris Arnold, age 72, of Hwy 382 W, Ellijay, died Thursday January 29, 2015.
Read More »Mr. Cecil Robert Neal: Obituary
Mr. Cecil Robert Neal, age 86, of Ellijay, GA died Wednesday January 28, 2015.
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The First Bill of 2015 Passes the Georgia Senate
By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) The third week of the 2015 legislative session saw a significant piece of legislation pass through the Georgia State Senate. I am proud to say that with unanimous consent, Senate Bill 1 passed the Senate and is now under consideration in the House. Specifically, the legislation seeks new […]
Read More »PUBLIC NOTICE
TO THE CITIZENS AND VOTERS OF GILMER COUNTY Notice is hereby given by the Probate Judge of Gilmer County, as Election Superintendent, that the Logic and Accuracy Testing of the voting equipment to be used in the March 17, 2015 Special Election will begin at 9:00 am on February 5, 2015 and will continue daily […]
Read More »Mrs. Annis Gardner: Obituary
Mrs. Annis Gardner age 94 of River Street, Ellijay, GA died Saturday January 31, 2015.
Read More »Mrs. Mary Eloise Crawford McArthur: Obituary
Mrs. Mary Eloise Crawford McArthur, age 71 of Smyrna, Georgia passed on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Tranquility Hospice at Kennasaw Mountain in Marietta, Georgia.
Read More »Georgia Mountains’ Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.5 Percent in December
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains region in December was 5.5 percent, unchanged from November. The rate in December 2013 was 5.9 percent.
Read More »“Check It Out” at the Gilmer Library, Week of 2/5!
CHECK IT OUT! Week of February 5, 2015 Heath Lee, Gilmer County Library Branch Manager
Read More »Warren Lee Hill Executed for Murdering a Fellow Prison Inmate
The lawfully ordered execution of Warren Lee Hill for the 1990 murder of a fellow prison inmate was carried out Tuesday evening at 7:55 pm at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson, Ga. The sentence was carried out after the United States Supreme Court denied Hill’s request for a stay of execution at […]
Read More »Open Letter to Rep. Doug Collins
Opinion by Hank Sullivan, President, Lanier Tea Party Patriots:
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