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Commissioners Avoid Required Transparency in Setting SPLOST

Out of all the elections on the November ballot, the Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) of 1₵  is the…

10 years ago

Visiting the Georgia Mountain Fair

Amaira Barrett - Miss Georgia Mountain Fair 2016 Hiawassee is in the middle of hosting the 66th Annual Georgia Mountain…

10 years ago

Judge Sherri Walker and Brian Jones Discuss Chief Magistrate Judge Campaign

The Magistrate Court is the people’s court.  The US Government established it for the general public who want to represent…

10 years ago

Meet Keith Nuckolls, New Fannin County Middle School Principal

This year, 6th grade students won’t be the only people new to the school.  Fannin County Middle School Principal, Keith…

10 years ago

Swim, Bike and Run in Blue Ridge – Triathlon Pictures and Stories

With a 7 am plunge into Lake Blue Ridge, the seventh annual Escape to Blue Ridge Tri the Mountains triathlon began.…

10 years ago

Subpoena that Landed Journalist Mark Thomason and Attorney Russell Stookey in Jail

In the case of the Fannin Focus publisher Mark Brannon Thomason and Attorney Russell Stookey,  there a several questions that…

10 years ago

Ads in Fannin Focus do not show up correctly in Sheriff Candidates Campaign Financial Reports

Mark Thomason, the publisher of the Fannin Focus has been in the news a lot lately. This is an unrelated…

10 years ago

Fannin Focus Publisher Mark Thomason Arrested, Journalist or Vendetta?

“If someone starts a fire, takes pictures, calls for a fire truck, follows the fire truck to the scene, asks…

10 years ago

June 28th Commissioners’ Meeting: SPLOST, Doss, Roads and Revenue

At the June 28th meeting of the Fannin County Board of Commissioners, the main topic on the agenda was SPLOST…

10 years ago

Superior Court Judge Weaver Drops charges, Publisher Mark Thomason will not stand trial

District Attorney B. Alison Sosebee received a request from Superior Court Judge Brenda Weaver to drop the charges against Publisher…

10 years ago