Blue Ridge, Ga. – The question was directly asked and was in turn directly answered. Will Georgia Mass Appraisal Solutions & Services (GMASS) take over the Fannin County Tax Assessors Office and the answer is no. The budget of the tax assessors office made a large increase when it was found that Fannin County was […]
Read More »State to look into hurricane relief for Georgia
Blue Ridge, Ga. – The Georgia State Assembly will convene on Tuesday Nov. 13 in a special called session. Governor Nathan Deal called this session to address the state’s role and responsibility in aiding those affected in Southwest Georgia by Hurricane Michael. Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston held a special press […]
Read More »Fannin County Water Authority looks to expand services
The Fannin County Water Authority (FCWA) discussed expansion of their utility services to include the Lake Cove development area. This topic was thoroughly evaluated by board members and consultants at the regular monthly meeting of FCWA held on Aug. 15. Kurt McCord, Project Engineer with Carter and Sloope, Inc., ran initial fire flow testing for […]
Read More »Completion of fire station halted
Blue Ridge, Ga. – For now construction on the new emergency center / fire station located off of Windy Ridge Road in Blue Ridge will come to a halt. Plans to finish the current construction and move emergency personnel in will continue but a portion of the building that was not deemed to be finished […]
Read More »Kemp trumps Cagle : I see your Governor and I raise you a President
Blue Ridge, Ga. – What has come down to a battle of endorsements over the last two weeks has played out with some big name backers. Secretary of State Brian Kemp landed perhaps the largest endorsement of all as President Donald Trump tweeted out his support of the Georgia gubernatorial hopeful. Kemp’s campaign announced recently […]
Read More »July Runoff Election Results
***UPDATED: Tue. July 24 @ 11:38 p.m. With the July Runoff Election officially coming to a close, candidates have now been selected for the Nov. General Election. Locally Challenger Glenn Patterson won the Republican nomination for Fannin County Post 2 Commissioner over Incumbent Larry Joe Sosebee receiving 64.45 percent of the vote. Patterson will go […]
Read More »Tax Assessors question county accounting practices
Blue Ridge, Ga. – A misunderstanding of county accounting practices and a misuse of terminology had the Board of Commissioners (BOC) questioning whether the Board of Assessors were keeping two sets of books. Chief Appraiser Dawn Cochran spoke at the June 12 Board of Commissioners meeting about a line item in the Tax Assessors budget […]
Read More »Audit shows Fannin County finances in good standing
Blue Ridge, Ga. – The Fannin County 2017 audit concluded with much praise from independent accounting firm Rushton and Company. The overall state of finances for the county are “very healthy”. Sam Latimer, CPA and audit manager with Rushton and Company, gave citizens an overview of the Fannin County 2017 audit at the June 26 […]
Read More »Fannin County Board of Education adopts GAMB policy
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – The Fannin County School System officially became the second county in the state of Georgia to adopt a policy giving the option of arming school personnel. In April, the Laurens County school board in Georgia adopted a similar policy. The unanimous decision by the Fannin County Board of Education (BOE) is […]
Read More »Voting ends today for July runoff election
Blue Ridge, Ga. – Today is the day that Georgians will be able to see a finalized list of candidates that will face off for varying seats statewide. Locally, Fannin County saw a remarkable turnout during the early voting period of the July run-off. Historically, run-off elections tend to see a much lower voter turnout […]
Read More »David Ralston shares his opinion on the 2018 Election
Blue Ridge, Ga. – Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives David Ralston spoke to Fannin County residents at the monthly Republican Party meeting. Ralston gave citizens an update on happenings at the Georgia capital and didn’t shy away from sharing his opinion of the upcoming Republican runoff and the Nov. General Election. “Ain’t nobody […]
Read More »Cagle campaign brings out the big guns
Gainesville, Ga. – “There’s only one candidate who’s been endorsed. There’s only one candidate for Governor’s office who actually meets the standard of what we need and that’s Casey Cagle,” retired Lt. Colonel Oliver North enthusiastically spoke to the large crowd gathered in Gainesville, Ga. this weekend. Lt. Governor Casey Cagle has been the center […]
Read More »Citizens defend Tax Assessors
Blue Ridge, Ga. – There was no shortage of comments as citizens filled the public commentary portion at the Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting to express their outrage over the recent handling of Chief Tax assessor Dawn Cochran. After reading about the exchange between county commissioners and Cochran in local media, citizens of Fannin County […]
Read More »Fannin County candidates speak at local forum
BLUE RIDGE, Ga. – The Fannin County Chamber of Commerce, along with the Blue Ridge Community Theater, hosted a candidate forum May 3 to give voters an opportunity to hear first-hand local candidates’ responses to questions about issues facing our area. All persons running for positions on the Fannin County Board of Education and for […]
Read More »Tomorrow’s Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary run-off
Reposted with permission from the Dustin Inman Society blog D.A. KING While the liberal media ignores the fact, both candidates in the bruising two-month Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary race have avoided immigration issues where the eventual governor can make the biggest difference. With run-off day looming tomorrow, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Secretary of […]
Read More »Four life-flighted after car accident on Scenic Drive
Blue Ridge, Ga. – A head on collision left four adults having to be emergency flighted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. James Dickey of Blue Ridge, Ga., was traveling southbound on Scenic Drive shortly after 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 7. Dickey had with him passengers, Gary Patterson (Blue Ridge) and Kimberly Patterson (Blue Ridge). […]
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