Towns County Fire & Rescue Weekly Report 1/20/19 Landing zone (2) Medical assist (5) Fire alarm (1) 1/21/19 Medical assist (6) Landing zone (1) 1/22/19 Medical assist (2) Landing zone (1) MVA (2) 1/23/19 Medical assist (3) 1/24/19 Medical assist (4) Fire alarm (1) Landing zone […]
Read More »“#MeToo” inspired artist to be featured at Young Harris College
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The works of Karen Schwartz, a practicing clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, are scheduled for display at the Campus Gate Art Gallery (CGAG) at Young Harris College. The exhibit opens Thursday, Jan. 24, with a reception at 6 p.m. Schwartz’s art will be on display through Friday, March 1, Monday through Friday, […]
Read More »NCDOT to widen Hwy 69; dozens of parcels face impact
HAYESVILLE, NC – Approximately 55 privately-owned properties are expected to be impacted as the result of plans to widen Highway 69 from the Georgia state line to Highway 64 in Hayesville, N.C. The project, scheduled to begin in 2019, is expected to cost roughly $43,700.000. According to a North Carolina legal firm which specializes in […]
Read More »Hiawassee City Council sets 2019 election qualifications
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Hiawassee City Council held a special-called meeting on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 10, to discuss information pertaining to the 2019 election. Three of the five council seats will be listed on the Nov. 5 ballot. Qualifying will take place at Hiawassee City Hall from Wednesday, Aug. 21 through Friday, Aug. 23, […]
Read More »Commissioner, mayors, economic developer meet to discuss joint plan
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – FetchYourNews (FYN) met with Towns County Sole Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw, Hiawassee Mayor Liz Ordiales, and Young Harris Mayor Andrea Gibby, along with newly-hired Economic Development Director Denise McKay, on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 8, for an inquiry session pertaining to goals, and information on how sharing a single developer will work. […]
Read More »Towns County students to visit “Project Chimps” sanctuary
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Upon final approval from the Towns County Board of Education, high school biology students will have an opportunity to visit the newest chimpanzee sanctuary in the United States this March. Project Chimps is a chimpanzee sanctuary, founded to provide lifetime care to more than 200 former research chimpanzees at its sanctuary, located […]
Read More »Area churches offer support for those suffering from grief
BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. – A new session of GriefShare will begin on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church Ministry Center in Blairsville. Additionally, McConnell Baptist Church, located in Hiawassee, offers the grief support program. The 14-week seminar is designed to support and assist those who have experienced the loss of a […]
Read More »Seventh-grade student delivers powerful speech on school shootings
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – The sudden sound of automatic gunfire rang out in the courtroom of the Towns County Courthouse on Thursday, Dec. 18, a simulated start to a powerful, passionate speech on school shootings, delivered by Eastgate Life Academy student Hannah Minchew. Minchew plans to address state leaders in Atlanta early next year in an […]
Read More »City of Hiawassee approves copy machine purchases
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Hiawassee Council held a special-called meeting on the evening of Monday, Dec. 17, to approve the purchase of two needed copier machines for City Hall. Council members Anne Mitchell, Amy Barrett, Nancy Noblet, and Pasty Owens were in attendance. Hiawassee City Clerk Bonnie Kendrick explained that the copy machines that are currently […]
Read More »Sheriff’s Office seeks public’s help in abandoned puppies case
BRASSTOWN BALD, Ga. -Towns County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating the person or persons that abandoned three puppies. On Friday morning, Dec. 7, deputies responded to a call in reference to puppies that were abandoned at a trash dumpster located on Highway 180 Spur near Brasstown Bald. Upon arrival, deputies […]
Read More »Towns County awarded insurance discount, saving taxpayers thousands
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Towns County qualified for an additional 7.5 percent discount on its workers’ compensation contribution, providing taxpayers with a supplementary savings of $16,000-$18,000, thanks to the effort of Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Rickey Mathis, says the sole county commissioner. Towns County Commissioner Cliff Bradshaw praised the EMA director during a meeting with […]
Read More »Sandy Springs Police Department gifts Towns County Sheriff’s Office with equipment
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – On Monday, Nov. 26, the Towns County Sheriff’s Office received over $25,000 worth of donated equipment from the Sandy Springs Police Department. Sheriff Clinton expressed that he is “very happy” to receive the donated surplus equipment for the Sheriff’s Office, adding that Santa Claus came early this year. The equipment received […]
Read More »Hiawassee Mayor proposes digital billboard on Main Street
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Weeks after a 45-day sign permit moratorium was enacted in Hiawassee, Mayor Liz Ordiales proposed the notion of allowing a digital LED billboard to be erected within the city limits. The multi-message sign would flash advertising promotions at eight-second intervals, intended for installation near the intersection of Main Street and Bell Creek Road. […]
Read More »Ethics Committee Assignments listed on Hiawassee Council agenda
HIAWASSEE, Ga. – Five months following Hiawassee’s official designation as a “City of Ethics” by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA), Hiawassee Council plans to begin the process of properly assigning committee members to serve as the city’s moral monitors. Three Hiawassee residents will be selected to volunteer as ethics board members – The first appointed by […]
Read More »Rabun County seeks assistance in locating wanted man
CLAYTON, Ga. – Rabun County Sheriff’s Office requested the public’s assistance in locating a male subject, wanted in conjunction with warrants stemming from Rabun County, and felony warrants issued in Macon County, North Carolina. Casey Ward was last seen in the area of Old Mill Lane in Clayton, Georgia, on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. Anyone […]
Read More »Sheriff-elect Bobby Deese to serve Clay County
HAYESVILLE, NC – Clay County elected Bobby Deese to serve as their future sheriff on Nov. 6, with Deese garnering 56.6 percent of the votes. Deese, the successor to retiring, two-term Sheriff Vic Davis, states that he intends to meet with employees and the Clay County Board of Commissioners in the immediate future in order […]
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