Category: News

Last year, the Stephens County 4-H Rifle Team brought home seven state awards. Tomorrow, August 30, the team will be holding a Range Day and Hotdog Cookout as the new competitive season gets ready to get underway. The event will run from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Georgia Mountain Shooting Range in Eastanollee, and will serve as an […]

The replacement of three Stephens County bridges is part of a planning document on which the Georgia Department of Transportation is seeking public comment. The public comment period for the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2024-2027 will run from now through September 5. The STIP is Georgia DOT’s four-year plan for transportation and capital improvement for federally funded […]

More Stephens County residents are working, fewer are unemployed, and the number of people in the county, age 16 and over, who are either employed, or actively seeking work, is increasing.  According to the preliminary July employment statistics for Stephens County, released on Aug. 24 by the Georgia Department of Labor, 10,219 Stephens County residents are employed – 79 more […]

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Stephens and surrounding counties. At 4 a.m. this morning, the heat advisory for the region was lifted, but the National Weather Service issued the following hazardous weather watch regarding thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop again across the region this afternoon and evening. […]

Toccoa City Board of Commissioners will meet this evening, August 28, for a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.  The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 92 North Alexander Street. The public is invited to attend.  On the agenda is consideration of the purchase of work trucks for the utility department and a rear mounted side […]

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Stephens and surrounding counties, especially in the southern portions of Stephens County and for Franklin and Hart County. In addition to the continuing heat advisory, the NWS issued the following notice at 4: 26 p.m. today: Numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop across the region today, especially from late […]

In November of 2021, residents of Stephens County voted and approved an Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for the Stephens County School System. 789 Stephens County residents voted in favor of the resolution with 262 voting against it. The E-SPLOST resolution allowed the school system to continue to collect a one percent sales and use tax for the […]

Tomorrow evening, August 26, Main Street Toccoa welcomes back Milkshake Mayfield to the Ida Cox Music Series stage for the final show of the 2023 season. In 1980, Milkshake formed the Milkshake Quintet, known for smooth contemporary jazz, with a taste of bebop and funk, and a bit of gospel music. A world-renowend trumpeter,  Milkshake Mayfield has traveled the world […]

The Northeast Georgia Regional Library System is looking to institute a regular Bookmobile route through Stephens, Habersham, Rabun, and White Counties, and they are seeking a Bookmobile and Outreach Services Manager to spearhead that effort.  The program’s goal is to foster community awareness of library resources in Northeast Georgia by bringing the library to under-served patrons through regular Bookmobile visits, […]