Blue Ridge, Ga – Board of Commissioners offer county employees incentives to quit tobacco in the 2019 healthcare plan. In a called meeting of the Board of Commissioners, the commissioners added a $50 a month surcharge to monthly premiums for tobacco users. Studies have shown that tobacco use causes poor health in individuals who partake over […]
Read More »Blue Ridge Box Car Derby Raises Money for STEM
Blue Ridge, Ga – The first annual Blue Ridge Soap Box Derby raised $4,900 for Fannin County School’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) program on Saturday, April 27. The derby race was created by locals to benefit the community, specifically the children. Co-founder Brian Higgins said, “We have festivals here almost monthly, but none […]
Read More »A Call for Clarity in the County Budget
Blue Ridge, Ga – Post 1 Commissioner Earl Johnson asked for revisions in the Public Roads/SPLOST department to clarify the monthly financial reports. The Public Roads and SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) represented one line item of the budget summary report. Since financial updates began two years ago, Board of Commissioners’ Chief Financial […]
Read More »Concerns Raised about Safety on Loving Road
Blue Ridge, Ga – The safety of the almost 40-year-old junkyard on Loving Road. was called into question by a concerned citizen during a Board of Commissioners meeting despite the business being in compliance of the county ordinances. The citizen stated that the business is storing junk, trash, and scrap metal in the road’s right […]
Read More »GDOT Budget for Madola Bridge Project Approved
Blue Ridge, Ga – The Fannin County Board of Commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for Madola Road bridge construction during the Tuesday, April 23 board meeting. The commissioners and GDOT must agree on the proposed budget before construction or improvements can proceed. Costs for the project will […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners Purchase WhitePath Building
Blue Ridge, Ga – Board of Commissioners approved of the purchase of 118 Industrial Blvd. to move administration out of the courthouse and provide additional parking for the Fannin County Government and public. “It’s been something that has been talked about for many, many years, and the voters actually approved it in 2016. They put […]
Read More »Road Construction Beginning in June
Blue Ridge, Ga – GDOT (Georgia Department of Transportation) grants determine county road projects for the year and construction will begin soon. Director of Public Works Zack Ratcliff approached the Fannin County Board of Commissioners with updated grant money estimates from GDOT for road improvements. GDOT’s Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) goes toward improving […]
Read More »Potential Changes to County’s Waste Management Services
Blue Ridge, Ga – Two waste management companies provided bids to supervise Fannin County’s trash and recycling service. Currently, Advanced Disposal Services (ADS) handles the waste streams for the county, but the company recently received an offer from Waste Management Incorporated to buy it out. The companies are in the middle of the takeover contract […]
Read More »Commissioners Proclaim April Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Blue Ridge, Ga – Fannin County Board of Commissioners presented a proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness month to the North Georgia Mountain Crisis Network (NGMCN). The proclamation, read by Chairman Stan Helton, “encourages all citizens to make [April] the beginning of the end of sexual violence.” By naming April Sexual Assault Awareness month, the […]
Read More »Fannin Operating Two Percent Under Budget
Blue Ridge, Ga – Fannin County’s operating two percent under budget through April of 2019. As of April 30, 33 percent of the budget’s been spent for the year with Fire/EMS/ EMA, Tax Assessor, Sheriff’s Office, and County Jail still showing over budget due to the first of the year lump sum lease and loan […]
Read More »Arson the Cause of McCaysville Chicken House Fire
McCaysville, Ga – A fire investigator with the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office has determined that someone intentionally set fire to a chicken house in Fannin County. The chicken house located on 260 Old Silver Mine Road caught fire around 8:49 Monday morning with the fire department receiving the dispatch call at 8:50 a.m. […]
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