Laura Love

29% of Fannin County Has Already Voted in the General Election

As of noon Thursday, Nov. 3rd , 5,218 Fannin voters have already voted in early voting.  Fannin County has 17,932…

10 years ago

Colonial Pipeline Ruptures Again: N GA Gas Supplies Expected to Drop, Prices to Rise

On Oct. 31st, Colonial reported another rupture in its pipeline southwest of Birmingham, AL.  The first rupture happened on Sept.…

10 years ago

Cohutta Wildfire Update: Increase in Fire Control Measures as Fire Expected to be Larger than 3,000 Acres

On Wednesday morning, Nov. 2nd, Jeff Gardner, USFS District Ranger for Conasauga District provided FetchYourNews with the following information about…

10 years ago

Superheros, Princesses and Sports Stars Invade City Park

BRES Student Council unanimously votes "The new park is great." BRES pre-K, kindergarten, first grade and special education got special…

10 years ago

Cohutta Wildfire Update: Fire Now at 354 Acres, Expected to Grow Larger

Conasauga District Ranger Jeff Gardner, who covers the Cohutta Wilderness, gave FetchYourNews the  following update on the Cohutta Wilderness fire…

10 years ago

Saturday Voting TODAY

Fannin County Court House is open for Saturday voting today from 9 – 4:30 pm.  Fannin County Board of Elections…

10 years ago

Cohutta Wildfire Update: Fire Burns 1,224 acres

Image courtesy of USFS, Conasauga Ranger District USFS Conasauga Ranger District provided the following update from the Cohutta Wildfire.  Conasauga…

10 years ago

Local Residents, Elected Officials and GDOT Comment on Hwy. 5 Improvement Project

GDOT’s Oct. 19th public hearing on the Hwy. 5 Improvement and McCaysville Truck Bypass began at 4 pm.  By 5:30,…

10 years ago

‘Wild Guys’ Encounter Bear at Blue Ridge Community Theater

Luckily, they were able to hold the bear back with sticks and screams. ‘Wild Guys’ is in its last weekend…

10 years ago

Savannah under Mandatory Evacuation as Hurricane Matthew Approaches

Late Thursday, Gov. Deal issured mandatory evacuation for the 500,000 residents of six counties along the Georgia coast.  This includes…

10 years ago

Rec Department Director John Scalera Resigns

At a special-called meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 4th, the Board of Commissioners announced the resignation of John Scalera, Director of…

10 years ago

Presidential Candidates Enjoy Peaceful Halloween Stroll in Downtown Blue Ridge

... and a photo gallery of Fannin County's Halloween imagination.                    …

10 years ago

The Playground is HERE! And Will be Ready for Screams by Halloween!

Council Members Angie Arp and Bruce Pack check on progress of the playground at City Park.   After seven months…

10 years ago

Yes, WFES Does Have a Creepy Outbuilding Haunted by Rabbits

At least once a year during the WFES Fall Festival. A chilly, windy, October’s eve was the setting for the…

10 years ago

Volunteers Work to Halt Hemlock Infestation

It only takes seven years for a .8mm aphid-like Hemlock Woolly Adelgid to kill 85% of a hemlock stand and…

10 years ago

Dividing the Hotel/Motel Tax ‘Pot of Gold’

$1,405,392 is the amount of money collected in 2015 through Fannin County's Hotel/Motel tax.  The projected collection for 2016 is $1,574,039. …

10 years ago