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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently launched CampusDrugPrevention.gov, a new website focused on preventing and addressing college drug use. DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg said that this website gives valuable information to higher education leaders who can use it to teach and change the culture of drug among college students. This new website is part of the DEA’s effort to […]
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The Stephens County Board of Education approves the 2017 tax millage rate during their work session and called meeting last night. Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said this means a drop in the amount of taxes to be collected. “This is where we have rolled back to 17.3 mills, which is almost a 5.5 percent drop in the amount of taxes that […]
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The Stephens County Development Authority approves their FY 18 budget at their meeting Thursday. The development authority’s budget includes $216,905 in revenues and $266,905 dollars in total expenses. This is after a $50,000 cut from the Stephens County Commission, which is the primary source of revenue for the authority’s annual budget, according to Development Authority Chairman, Brian Akin. Akin expressed […]
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The citizens advisory panel on litter and blight is now officially combining with the Keep Toccoa Stephens County Beautiful Board. The city commission approved the combination at their meeting Monday, contingent upon the county commission’s approval. The county approved it at their meeting on Tuesday after hearing from Tim Hale. “The request is made for a variety of reasons,” said […]
Read moreStephens County Hospital is celebrating its 80th anniversary later this month. On Sunday, July 30, the hospital is hosting an outdoor event, themed “celebrating our past and reaffirming our future.” Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson said that this celebration is an accomplishment. “We are very excited about it,” said Anderson. “We’ve been in the community for 80 years and that is […]
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The Toccoa Little League All-Stars trailed Hart County early, but battled back to claim a 6-3 win on Wednesday night to advance to the District 7 final in Rabun County. Hart County struck first scoring three runs on five hits in the bottom of the 2nd. Toccoa climbed within one in the top of the third when Bailey and Abe […]
Read moreThe Northeast Georgia Animal Shelter in Lavonia is now open to the public for dogs after a quarantine due to parvo. Shelter Director Tammie Jordanias said the shelter has now been approved to reopen to the public for dog intake and adoptions. “We’ve had a rough year this year,” said Jordanias. “We’ve entered a lot of animals and with that, […]
Read moreMJ Kneiser The City of Toccoa’s Main Street program is one of dozens of groups across the state to recently receive grant funding from the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts. On Monday, the Council announced they had awarded more than a million dollars in grant funding to 100 organizations throughout the state. Main Street Manager […]
Read moreToccoa Falls College has appointed a new Vice President for Student Affairs. Abigail Davis will begin as VP for Student Affairs on August 14. Davis most recently served as the Dean of Students over Residence Life and Student Conduct at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has two Master’s Degrees, including a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from […]
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The Toccoa 9 & 10 Girls Softball All-Stars finished the State Tournament last night in Warner Robbins as the State Runner-up. In their first game, Toccoa won over West Point in an elimination game, 12 to 2 in five innings. After a 30 minute break, Toccoa had to hit the field again to play Northern of Columbus. Northern won the […]
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