• A Party in Disarray, Islam in Ascendance or What?

    A Party in Disarray, Islam in Ascendance or What? Is the Democrat party, or should I say, the Stalinist party, or perhaps the far-left Radical Socialist party, anything except an American political party, fracturing into its several individual parts like a jig-saw puzzle, never to unite again under one voice? Yes, I believe it is. […]

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  • Doris Virginia Driggs: Obituary

    Doris Virginia Driggs August 22, 1930 – February 27, 2019 Doris Virginia Driggs Spencer, age 88 of Epworth, GA, formerly of Santa Clara Valley, CA, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Doris was born August 22, 1930 in San Jose, CA to the late Joseph Milligan and the late Bess Price Milligan. She grew up […]

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  • Colleen Wright: Obituary

    Colleen Wright April 8, 1936 – February 23, 2019 Colleen Wright, age 82 of Copperhill, passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Wright was born on April 8, 1936 in Copperhill, TN to the late Frank P. Arp and Mamie Free Arp. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Wright […]

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  • Weekly Word Devotion

    Charles “Chuck” Colson was Attorney General for President Nixon. He was sentenced to prison for his part in the WATERGATE scandal. Chuck came to Christ while in jail, and upon his release, formed a prison ministry. While visiting inmates, he noticed one man in an unclean cell in the fetal position. Chuck shared the gospel […]

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  • Joyce Ann Foster: Obituary

    Joyce Ann Foster May 27, 1936 – February 7, 2019 Tom Foster, Jr. and Joyce Pruitt Foster died together unexpectedly on February 7, 2019 in at the ages of 84 and 82. Tom and Joyce are survived by siblings Howard and Jeannie Pruitt, Talmo, Georgia; Wallace and Janice Pruitt, Gainesville, Georgia; Sue and Ronnie Graham, […]

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  • Letter to the Editor

    Dear Editor: I believe the recent attacks against the Catholic School children in Washington is the canary in the coal mine regarding the direction of our great country. Viewing the entire video of the Catholic School children incident proves that these kids were just waiting for their bus when they were taunted by adults from […]

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  • GMFTO: Pet of the Week!

    Join us every Friday from Circuit World for Pet of the Week! The Humane Society of Blue Ridge has a lot of wonderful pets available for adoption.

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  • House Judiciary Leaders Announce Committee Roster

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | House Judiciary Committee Republicans FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2019 Permalink CONTACT:  Jessica Andrews (202) 225 9893 House Judiciary Leaders Announce Committee Roster WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Committee held its first full committee meeting to introduce new members, adopt committee rules, appoint subcommittee chairs and ranking members, and approve subcommittee assignments. Ranking Member […]

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  • West Fannin Spelling Bee

    West Fannin’s school wide spelling bee was on Friday, January 11th. The spelling bee went 26 rounds with the winning word being “custard”. The overall winner was Kaylee Trotter (4th grade) and the runner up was Trystan Davenport (5th grade). Mr. Roof, Kaylee Trotter, Mrs. Danner Back row, left to right: Evan Thurman (4th), Fox Sharp (5th), Trystan […]

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  • Lester Paul Nickle III: Obituary

    Lester Paul Nickle III September 20, 1943 – January 18, 2019 Lester Paul Nickle, III, age 75, of Copperhill, passed away January 18, 2019, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mr. Nickle was born September 20, 1943, in Harrisburg, PA to the late Lester P Nickle, Jr. and the late Janet Mae Schaeffer Nickle. He was a […]

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  • Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report 1/6 – 1/12

    Fannin County EMA/EMS Director Robert Graham 181 Church St. Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513 706-632-1958 Fax 706-632-8003 January 6, 2019 thru January 12, 2019 Responses M1: 37 M3: 13 M4: 20 M11: 25 Total: 95 Law: 311 Fire: 9 Rescue: 21 Total Emergency Calls: 410 Total Calls: 1326

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