The Commerce Board of Education welcomes feedback from students, parents and staff about its possible 2020-21 school calendar.
Voting could change in Homer and sewer collections might be in residents’ future after the Homer City Council meeting Oct. 8.
“All we ever knew was ‘Eddie Roe,’” Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum said Saturday at a dedication ceremony of a portion of Interstate 85 for Edward Monroe Evans, who was killed on the stretch of highway nearly 25 years ago while making a traffic stop.
Public hearings on a large multi-family development proposed in Braselton have been deferred.
Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. is offering home heating help for the elderly and medically homebound for Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.
A massive 600-acre industrial park with 10 planned warehouses and industrial buildings was announced Oct. 1 for Commerce.
Three people are vying for the Braselton Town Council District 1 seat in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.
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Jackson County officials are gearing up to promote the 2020 census.
Braselton Town Council District 3 member Tony Funari will face challenger Jim Joedecke in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.
Early and absentee-by-mail voting for the Nov. 5 election begins Monday, Oct. 14, at the Jackson County Elections and Registration Office in Jefferson for all cities across Jackson County.
The Jackson County Democrats will host their signature dinner at the Jefferson Civic Center on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 6 p.m.
Northeast Georgia Health System and Anthem failed to reach a new contract agreement ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. As of Oct. 1, NGHS is no longer available as an in-network care provider with Anthem — formerly Blue Cross Blue Shield.
The Barrow County Farm Bureau (BCFB) received four awards for its volunteer programs during the Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) 4th District annual meeting, held Sept. 19 in Watkinsville. Douglas Garrison is the BCFB president.
Northeast Georgia Medical Center is a partner of a statewide cancer research group that recently received substantial funding from the National Cancer Institute to help improve care for cancer patients.
Madison County had 557 HOPE scholarship recipients in 2018. They received $1.69 million in financial support from the state.
The crying has mostly gone away, replaced by learning, fun and play. And preschoolers at the Madison County Early Learning Center have settled into their routines during the school’s first year of operation.
Four Madison County eighth graders couldn’t help but smile as the crowd roared for them and they walked past cheerleaders toward a ceremonial signing table in the middle school gym Oct. 8.
The longest-serving member of the county industrial authority has resigned, and county commissioners are looking for a replacement.
The Shiloh Community Volunteer Fire Department now has a new fire station, thanks to citizens' donations and Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds approved in 2014.
Madison County school officials celebrated the recent release of the system’s highest-ever graduation rate at 94.64 percent in 2018. And school superintendent Michael Williams offered more graduation numbers Oct. 8.
The Madison County Board of Education approved the following personnel recommendations by Superintendent Michael Williams Oct. 8:
The Madison County Industrial Development and Industrial Authority will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, Oct. 21, in the historic county courthouse in the center of Danielsville.
Madison County schools were recognized with the Golden Radish award Oct. 8. The state award recognizes school systems for implementing farm-to-school practices, which educate youth on agriculture and how food actually reaches their plate. School nutrition director Barbara Adair was unable to…
The flu is already starting to show up in emergency rooms and hospitals throughout Georgia. Now is the time to take preventative action, like getting a flu shot, to protect yourself, local health officials say.
A fire shut down a Banks Crossing motel on Saturday, Oct. 5, leading to the structure being condemned until it can be brought up to code.
As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation had still not released the identity of a body found floating in a Winder pond on Oct. 2 as it awaited complete results from its crime lab.
Bethlehem Christian Academy seniors Haylee Mezzles and Eli Parker were crowned the school's homecoming queen and king during the Knights' game against Augusta Prep on Friday, Oct. 4.
The court-ordered mediation between Barrow County and its municipalities over two unresolved service-delivery areas will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, Bethlehem mayor Sandy McNab told the town council during its meeting Monday, Oct. 7.
In a brief meeting Thursday, Oct. 3, the Auburn City Council approved a pilot study — at an hourly rate, not to exceed $117,380 overall — to test equipment the city plans to use at its future water treatment plant.
Continuing with this edition, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history in Winder and Barrow County. This front page is from the Oct. 8, 1969 edition of The Winder News.
The Winder City Council, at its Tuesday, Oct. 8 meeting, approved a nearly $2 million agreement related to the city’s massive joint raw water reservoir project with the City of Auburn, which is scheduled to be constructed over the next few years.
The Barrow County Board of Commissioners, at its Tuesday, Oct. 8 meeting, was supportive of a request to rezone property on Highway 211 just outside the Winder city limits to allow for the building of a residential subdivision with at least 220 homes. But the board opted to hold off on a vot…
The biggest challenge for the Barrow County School System may be finding enough bus drivers, superintendent Chris McMichael said Oct. 1 during his “state of education” talk to the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce.
Deborah Gonzalez, who was Georgia’s District 117 State House Representative in 2017 and 2018, is profiled in a new book.
The American Red Cross plans several upcoming blood drives in the area, including:
Every company should focus on cybersecurity because the internet is “like an open highway” and small companies are being attacked every day, David Emig, Windstream’s sales manager for small- and medium-sized business customers in Georgia, told a Jackson County audience Oct. 2.
A career coach will visit the Banks County Public Library in Homer on Thursday, October 17, from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The library is located at 226 Highway 51 South, Homer.
Most high schools in Jackson County topped the state and national averages on the SAT.
Early and absentee-by-mail voting for the Nov. 5 election starts Monday, Oct. 14, at the Jackson County Elections and Registration Office in Jefferson for all cities across Jackson County.
Banks County was honored to be visited by Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, on Tuesday, Oct. 1. This was the first time in the history of Banks County that the Secretary of State has visited. Secretary Raffensperger briefed chairman Hooper and staff on the new voting machines…
The Homer City Council was to consider final approval to establish voting districts and staggered terms at its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8.
The Gillsville City Council, on Oct. 1, approved moving forward with the annexation of six parcels, one located in Hall County and the other five in Banks County.
A free financial literacy workshop will be offered by Habersham Federal Credit Union and the Banks County Literacy Council on Tuesday, October 15, from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Banks County Adult Education Center (located behind the Banks County Health Departmen.)
Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. is offering home heating help for the elderly and medically homebound for Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners agreed to award two contracts in a brief meeting Oct. 7.
Most Braselton area high schools topped the state and national averages on the SAT last year.
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Banks County leaders are now on the search for a new economic director following the resignation of Hannah Mullins.
In a stunning move, Judge David Sweat ruled Oct. 2 that the recall efforts against Hoschton Mayor Theresa Kenerly and mayor pro tem Jim Cleveland can move forward. The ruling is one of the very few times in Georgia that a superior court judge has allowed a recall movement against a public of…
The Commerce City Council is expected to approve contracts for improvements at two youth centers at its Oct. 21 meeting.
In previous issues of this newspaper, qualifying stories indicated Tony Funari and Jim Joedecke qualified for the Braselton Town Council District 2 race. Funari and Joedecke qualified for the District 3 race.
A section of Interstate 85, from mile marker 131 to 133 north and south lanes, will be dedicated to Edward Monroe "Eddie Roe" Evans at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. A monument to the former Jackson County deputy is on I-85 in the south lanes between the Jeffers…
Preliminary testing results indicate that foul play "does not appear to be involved" in the death of a man who was found floating in a pond in Winder on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Some South Hall voters will see a change in their voting precinct this election cycle.
The tax rate for the county government is going down slightly following action by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 25.
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