After Months of wavering, Karen Handel announced today she will run for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Saxby Chambliss.
Read More »Unemployment Rises Despite Glimpses of Hope
The Georgia Department of Labor released its monthly employment report this week.
Read More »Mayor Says Fifty Grand Was Worth it
Blue Ridge Mayor Donna Whitener said this week the $50,000 the city spent on legal fees during Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) negotiations was worth it.
Read More »Market Melee: Vendors Confront Council on Relocation
Some Blue Ridge vendors say they do not to want leave their downtown location.
Read More »Collins Applauds Voters’ Rights Decision
“Today’s decision by the Supreme Court gives equality to every American in the way we elect our leaders and civil servants”
Read More »School Board Scraps Cosmetology Program; Henson Calls It Tough Choice
Superintendent Mark Henson and Fannin High School Principal Eric Cioffi say last week’s decision by the school board to eliminate the cosmetology program was not an easy one.
Read More »BOC Rejects Tri-State Contract
The Fannin County Board of Commissioners rejected Tri-State Pet Rescue’s contract to operate animal control during the commissioners meeting tonight.
Read More »Gilmer GOP Gears up for State Convention
Gilmer County Republicans are gearing up for next week’s State Convention in Athens on May seventeenth.
Read More »Fannin CRCT Scores Exceed State
Released today, the recent CRCT scores report Fannin County scoring higher than this year’s state scores.
Read More »Election Run-Down with Martha Zoller: Senate Race
Georgia is headed for another big election cycle in 2014, including races for Senate and governor’s office.
Read More »Election Run Down with Martha Zoller: Governor’s Race
In a recent interview with FYN, Local Pundit and Radio Host Martha Zoller gave us the run-down on the governor’s race.
Read More »Democrat Enters Senate Race
Democrat Branko Radulovacki announced last week he will run for Saxby Chambliss’ senate seat.
Read More »Mourning After: Local Orgs React to FDA’s Approval of Plan B Pill for Fifteen-Year-Olds
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday the approval of the Plan B One Step (“morning after pill”) for use without prescription by girls and women 15 years of age and older.
Read More »Blue Ridge Increases Water Security in Wake of Murray Break-in
Blue Ridge confirmed this week that it’s taking new steps to increase security at several city facilities.
Read More »Water Tank Battle Winds Down
(Roy Panter pictured above) Blue Ridge’s battle over its water tank project is finally headed for resolve.
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