Blue Ridge City Council had a special-called meeting on August 2. The meeting marked a milestone in recent City Council meeting history – the meeting was only 15 minutes long! During the meeting, the City Council voted to approve the Sign Ordinance Amendment, Fireworks Ordinance Amendment, the SPLOST Intergovernmental Agreement and a Zoning Map Amendment. […]
Read More »Fannin EMA Report: August 1st through August 7th 2016
The following figures represent emergency calls dispatched Law Enforcement (cities & county) 323 Rescue 26 Fire […]
Read More »Commission Chair-Elect Stan Helton Conducts On-Ground Research to Prepare for Post
At the August Fannin County Democratic Women’s meeting, Fannin County Board of Commissioners Chairman-Elect Stan Helton talked about his plans for Fannin County and the Board of Commissioners when he takes office January 2, 2017. Mr. Helton is not waiting around to see how Fannin County works, he is learning it from the ground up. […]
Read More »Beware: Tax Assessor Imposters Roaming Local Properties
Fannin County’s Chief Appraiser Dawn Cochran warns that people posing as Tax Assessors have been examining residential properties in Fannin, Union and Murphy, North Carolina. Ms. Cochran received three reports about the matter in July. According to Ms. Cochran, a man driving a red pick-up visited two properties and a man driving a grey Saturn […]
Read More »Fannin County Democratic Women Discuss Upcoming Election and Chapter Plans
Former Fannin County Democratic Women President Susan-Todd Raque passes (left) leadership to Newly-Elected President Roseanne Johnston (right). Fannin County Democratic Women had a special reason to celebrate at their bi-monthly meeting on July 30th. 240 years after the founding of the United States and 96 years after women won the right to vote, a woman […]
Read More »Class of 2030 Sets Their Sights on Quietly Walking in a Straight Line
Class of 2030 member, Keighly-Anne O’Neal says bye to mom, Trista O’Neal. At 8 am, a hush set over hundreds of houses in Fannin County. After 10 weeks of loud family discussions about who gets to watch what cartoons in the morning, the TV is strangely silent this morning. The kids are back in school […]
Read More »Last Day of Summer for Fannin Students
Below are the bus routes for Fannin Schools for the 2016-2017 school year. School starts on Thursday, August 4th. Open House for the elementary and middle schools is on Wednesday, August 3rd from 1-5 pm. The high school will hold Open House for 9th grade students on Tuesday, August 2nd from 5-7 pm. Open House […]
Read More »School Board Steps in with Salary Supplement for All School Employees
In Spring, the Georgia Assembly passed a 3% raise for many state employees, including certified teachers, school nurses and school nutrition staff. The raise did not extend to additional school system employees like bus drivers, janitors and administrators. Also, the state did not pass on the $694,720 that Fannin County School System needs to pay […]
Read More »Fannin County Receives 2015 Audit Results
Fannin County received its 2015 audit in July. The good news is that the county has come in under budget. For 2015, the general fund was at $16,171,000 and expenditures were $16,098,149, which means a savings of $72,851. A copy of the audit is on the Fannin County website (click here to view).These figures do […]
Read More »School Buses on the Roads Again
Schools all across Georgia start up this week. FetchYourNews wants to remind you to look out for the little ones standing at the bus stop in the mornings and running across the street to home in the afternoons. Also, watch out for the early morning teen drivers and their carload of friends trying to make […]
Read More »It Takes Communities to Build a House: Step 2
Pastor Ian Connelly (far left), Mission Chair Jeff Boatwright (fifth from left) and New Oregon UMC youth are some of the builders. 57 people from New Oregon United Methodist Church spent the week of July 25th to July 29th assisting Habitat for Humanity Fannin and Gilmer build its fifth house in Fannin County. New […]
Read More »Fannin School’s Superintendent’s Goals for Upcoming Year and Remarks about Transgender Restrooms
This time next week, Fannin students will be back in the classroom. FetchYourNews caught up with Fannin County School Superintendent Mark Henson to find out the upcoming goals for the school year, any new policies parents need to be aware of, and how Fannin schools will deal with transgender bathrooms. Mr. Henson said that a […]
Read More »Fannin Runoff Results by Voting Precinct
17.37% (2381 people) of Fannin voters cast ballots in the July 26, 2016 Chief Magistrate Judge and School Board runoffs. In the Chief Magistrate Judge race, Brian Jones won over Sherri Walker by 156 votes and a margin of 6.6%. In the School Board race, Chad Galloway won over Clarence Farmer by 411 votes […]
Read More »Runoff Results: Jones Wins Chief Magistrate, Galloway Wins School Board
Results of the Fannin County results came in at 8:22 pm on July 27. In the Chief Magistrate race, Brian Jones won with 53.3% (1260 votes) to Sherri Walker’s 46.7% (1104 votes). The difference between the two is 156 votes. Since there is no Democrat challenger in November, Brian Jones will be Chief Magistrate. In […]
Read More »Have You Voted in the Fannin County Run-offs?
Today is the last day for voting for Chief Judge of the Magistrate Court and the School Board. Since there are no Democratic candidates in either race, whoever wins today will hold the position. All poll locations in Fannin County are open until 7 pm today. The Magistrate Judge and School board results from the […]
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