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Arlene Ivey was hired as the personnel officer for Banks County Tuesday night in a unanimous vote of the board of commissioners. Earlier, the BOC interviewed the top five candidates for the position. Ivey, a resident of Banks County, previously was the vice president of administration and administrative assistant for The Fudgery Inc. in ... [Full Story »] 

Qualifying begins next week for council positions in Alto, Baldwin, Gillsville, Lula and Maysville. The Town of Homer doesn’t have a city election this year. The city elections will be held from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8. ALTO Qualifying will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. beginning on Monday, Aug. 29, and ending on Friday, ... [Full Story »] 

With the exceptions of Math 1 and Economics, Banks County High School students finished in the top tier of Georgia schools in last spring’s End of Course Test results. In fact, BCHS was in the top 100 high schools in the state in four out of seven categories where students were tested. BCHS students struggled most with Math 1 where they had a ... [Full Story »] 

The Banks County Board of Commissioners agreed in a meeting on Aug. 9 to allocate $175,000 to be used by the economic development department. No discussion was held on how the money would be spent. In other financial matters, the BOC approved a $11.7 million budget for 2012, which is down $687,000 over the current budget. The budget was ... [Full Story »] 

Baldwin council member Sandi Rudeseal has resigned from the city council. At the conclusion of Thursday’s council work session meeting, Rudeseal read a prepared statement tendering her resignation from the council effective Aug. 8. Rudeseal served in post 2. Her term expires Dec. 31, 2011. Rudeseal reported she checked with city attorney ... [Full Story »] 

The Banks County Board of Commissioners will vote Tuesday on a proposed $11.7 budget, which is down $687,000 over the current budget. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the county annex. A budget hearing was held this Tuesday night to receive citizen input on the proposed budget but no one attended. In other business at the meeting this ... [Full Story »]