Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour this Saturday night. Daylight savings time begins this Sunday March 13th. This is a good time to check your batteries in your home smoke detectors.
Read More »Speaker Ralston Press Release: Free Exercise Protection Act Passed by General Assembly
ATLANTA – On Wednesday, March 16, the Georgia General Assembly gave final approval to HB 757, the Free Exercise Protection Act. This bill began as the Pastor Protection Act which was proposed by Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) last summer. Sponsored by Representative Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville), the final bill protects the religious liberties of individuals […]
Read More »Give Me an F-150 or Give Me Death……
Opinion by John Tutten: I picked up my shiny, new Ford F150 last night. You know there’s just something good and right about getting behind the wheel of such a classic American machine. I couldn’t resist keeping the turbocharger whining all the way back to the homestead. I like the idea of recklessly expanding my […]
Read More »Mr. Howard “Dobbin” Garrett: Obituary
Howard “Dobbin” Garrett, age 82 of Hayesville, died Friday, March 18, 2016 in a Sylva hospital. He was a native of Towns County, Georgia, but had lived in Clay County for most all of his life. He was a retired electrician. He was heavily involved in the community throughout his life including service on the […]
Read More »We Are Losing Our Youth
Opinion by John Tutten: The successful continuance of our country depends on our youth and with what we see happening today, I am very concerned if America as we have known it will even exist in a couple of decades. So many of our future leaders do not have even a basic understanding of our […]
Read More »Niota Ann Nation: Obituary
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Niota Ann Nation, age 62, who passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at her home. Niota was born in Young Harris, Georgia, on May 25, 1953, a daughter of Anne Rose Bradshaw Nation and the late J.T. Nation. Besides her father, she had been […]
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Mr. Bernard Smiley Scott: Obituary
Bernard Smiley Scott, age 79, of Hiawassee, Georgia, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Chattanooga, TN. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 01, 1936 to the late carl and Dorothy (Craus) Scott. Bernard was a member of the Lion’s Club, Knights of Columbia, Fraternal Order of Police, Jaycee’s and the […]
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