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The Nicholson City Council discussed increasing its garbage collection fees at its work session last Thursday night. It will make a final decision Thursday night at 7 p.m. The council discussed raising the senior rate from $10 to $12 per month and the business rate from $25 to $30 per month. The council also discussed reducing the price for two ... [Full Story »] 

Data released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor indicates that the unemployment rate for Jackson County ticked up slightly between June and July. The numbers put the jobless rate in Jackson County at 9.3 percent, up from 9.1 percent in June. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate went up one-tenth of a percentage point to 9.7 ... [Full Story »] 

With its top two candidates for city manager withdrawing their applications, the Commerce City Council has decided to seek additional applicants. The two top candidates withdrew from consideration, explained interim city manager Tom Berry, who is leading the search on behalf of the city council. “One got another job, and I don’t know the ... [Full Story »] 

A couple relocating from Commerce to New York got some unwanted help in clearing out a utility building, according to the Commerce Police Department. A white female told police that her family was in the process of moving to New York, where her husband had been transferred, and she and her son were finalizing details, as her husband was already ... [Full Story »]