Fannin County FFA members Tayelor Long and Hilton White recently placed in the Area I FFA Prepared Public Speaking Career Development Event. The event was held at Senoraville High School in Senoraville, Georgia on January 30, 2018. The FFA Prepared Public Speaking Career Development Event is designed to develop agricultural leadership. Participants are required to […]
Read More »Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report
Fannin County EMA/EMS Director Robert Graham 181 Church St. Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513 706-632-1958 Fax 706-632-8003 March 18, 2018 thru March 24, 2018 Responses M1: 38 M3: 8 M4: 24 M11: 23 Total: 93 Mutual Aid: 0 Law: 371 Fire: 8 Rescue: 32 Total Emergency Calls: 484 Total […]
Read More »Research chimpanzees relocated to Project Chimps sanctuary
MORGANTON, Ga. – We had some very big news at the Project Chimps sanctuary in north Georgia today (March 21). Additional photos and video clips are available upon request. Two well-known former research chimpanzees now have a forever home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, thanks to a cooperative agreement between the New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in […]
Read More »Future Georgia Educators state conference
Members of the Future Georgia Educators recently attended the State Leadership Conference at Georgia Gwinnett College. During the opening ceremony, students heard from Georgia Teacher of the Year Finalist, Jamie Lynn McFarland. McFarland teaches special education students in Gwinnett County. She spoke about the importance of reaching out to students in different ways and finding […]
Read More »Georgia Senate Passes the BILD Act and the FIBRE Act to Expand Broadband Access in Rural Georgia
ATLANTA (March 1, 2018) | Two broadband expansion bills sponsored by Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega), Senate Bills 232 and 426, passed the Senate on Crossover Day, Wednesday, February 28, 2018. Each bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. “Thank you to my colleagues in the Senate for joining me in support of these broadband expansion […]
Read More »Election Woes – The Portent
Somehow I’m not at all shocked by the election victory of Conor Lamb (D) over Rick Saccone (R) in the PA-18 Congressional election, in a district Trump won by 20% one year ago. I do not see that as a referendum on Trump but a warning to the GOP about candidate selection. Conor Lamb is […]
Read More »Pesticide Safety Month and Apple Producers Meeting
Hundreds of people get sick each year from inappropriate pesticide use. Pesticides are used in homes, workplaces, apartments, farms and other places where humans need to control pests such as weeds, insects, fungi, rodents and even viruses. Of the 11 states participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) pesticide safety program, workers […]
Read More »Fannin County Middle School Principal’s List and Honor Roll
Keith Nuckolls, principal at Fannin County Middle School, is proud to announce students that are on the Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the second nine weeks. Students on Honor Roll must have an overall average of 90 or above. Students on Principal’s List must have all grades of 93 or above. 2017-2018 […]
Read More »FYN Interviews Rebbeca Yardley on Georgia’s 2018 Sine Die – Last Day of Legislative Session
It’s Sine Die day, that means it’s the last day of the 2018 Legislative Session! Interviews First Vice Chairman of Georgia Congress 9th District GOP Rebecca Yardley on the experience and what to expect from the Georgia Capitol today!
Read More »Speaker, Governor & Lieutenant Governor Announce Tax Cut Plan
Gov. Nathan Deal, along with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston, today outlined updates to HB 918, which addresses state tax code. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Chuck Efstration, now combines the 2017 Internal Revenue Code (IRC) bill, HB 821, with 2018 IRC updates. It also addresses the state revenue projections resulting […]
Read More »Fannin County Young Farmer Association news release
Five Fannin County Young Farmers Association members attended the Georgia Young Farmers State Convention at Chateau Elan in Braselton Feb. 2 and 3. President Kenny Queen and Teri Long served as voting delegates. Teri Long, Tayelor Long, Cherie White, and Theresa Wollschlager entered the photography contest and Teri Long won second place in the Sunbelt Ag […]
Read More »Road Median Flowers
Before the cold turned them brown, I was getting questions about the flowers planted in the road median between Blue Ridge and Ellijay. As it turns out the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is teaching all of us about an old floral favorite that needs to be brought back to the garden: cosmos. This year […]
Read More »Fannin County Young Farmers Association News
Eric Whitener was the winner of the Fannin County Young Farmers Association gun raffle. The drawing took place on Jan 15 at the association’s monthly business meeting. Chestnut Gap Farms donated the gun to the association for the raffle. The money raised will be used to promote agriculture in the community. Pictured with Eric […]
Read More »Short Takes – Protecting Our Schools
As expected, the school shooting outrage in Florida will soon run its course. Why? Because the Democrats immediately politicized it by blaming the NRA and organizing anti-gun rally’s around cooperative high schoolers, many still traumatized by the drama they just experienced. Their purpose, once again, is to set the anti-gun agenda they believe will garner […]
Read More »Short Takes – Coming Up, the SOTU
Tonight, President Trump will give his first State of the Union speech. It should be a doozy. I expect it to be a complete success because every speech Trump has made has been a signal success, except to the Marxists acolytes of the media and the Democrat party. The Democrat party is in disarray. As […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue talks tax, immigration on Kudlow radio show
Senator David Perdue Talks Tax & Immigration On Kudlow Radio Show “President Trump has been instinctively in line with the American people on immigration all along” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) joined Larry Kudlow on The Larry Kudlow Show to discuss how President Trump’s agenda has been instinctively in line with the American […]
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