Category: News

As previously reported, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners recently voted and approved a bid awarding Hayward Baker Incorporated $2,163,458 to complete the West Currahee Street Slope Stabilization project, dependent on receiving funds from the State of Georgia. West Currahee Street underwent remediation in 2009, 2013, and 2015. During the repairs in 2013, the culvert was extended, curb and gutter […]

If you are one of the many who has waited until the last minute to file your taxes, you only have hours now to do so. The 2017 tax filing deadline is midnight tonight. The IRS expects to receive about received just over 14-million returns last week and expects to receive another 17 million tax returns this week. With so […]

Georgia’s Department of Education reports the State’s students are improving in eighth grade reading and math, and holding steady in fourth grade math. The results of the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows Georgia is above the national average in eighth-grade reading, and nearing the national average in the other three subject areas. Georgia’s eighth-grade students recorded an […]

Former Hart County Probate Judge Bobby Joe Smith, has been indicted by the U.S. Attorney General’s office for soliciting sexual contact in exchange for favorable action on driving under the influence charges and other traffic offenses. The announcement came in press release from Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Charles E. […]

Stephens County Hospital’s Interim Chief Executive Officer Roger Forgey’s contract has been extended through June 9, 2018, and will renew automatically there after. During the recent Stephens County Hospital Authority meeting, the authority unanimously approved extending Forgey’s contract. Forgey succeeds Lynne Anderson who resigned as CEO, last October. The Authority retained Forgey in August 2017 to serve as turnaround consultant […]

Habersham County’s 46th annual Special Olympics is being hailed as one of the best ever. Hundreds of special ed students from eight Habersham County schools took to John Larry Black Field Friday morning to open the games and compete in 14 different events, including the 100 meter dash, relay races, cycling, a wheel chair race, shot put, and softball throw. […]

On Friday, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners held a special called meeting to award design build on W. Currahee Street slope stabilization project. In December of 2017, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners made the decision to immediately close a portion of W. Currahee Street, formerly Dick’s Hill Parkway, to all traffic near 4989 W. Currahee Street. This portion […]

Habersham County has joined a growing number of counties that are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors over the opioid epidemic. Late last week, the county filed a lawsuit in federal court against more than 20 companies. The suit alleges the defendants misrepresented the addictive risks of opioids and fraudulently marketed opioids as a treatment for chronic pain; and suggests that […]

The City of Cleveland has taken steps to force Windstream to comply with the city’s request for a business audit. During its meeting this week, the Cleveland City Council adopted a resolution stating Windstream is in violation of Georgia Code concerning the franchising of cable and video services because of failure to comply with an audit request of business records. […]