Author: MJ Kneiser

The May Primary and General Election is coming up faster than you think and if you plan to vote, but are not yet registered or not sure if you are still registered, Franklin County Elections Supervisor Tracie Creason says today is the last day to make sure. Additionally, Creason said absentee paper ballots are expected to be mailed out today […]

Haering Precision Hosts Inaugural Skills Invitational in Partnership with North Georgia Technical College. Haering Precision in Lavonia has announced its first annual Skills Invitational. In collaboration with North Georgia Technical College, the competition is this Wednesday, April 24 on the North Georgia Tech Clarkesville campus. Dustin Chambers is the Commercial Plant Manager at Haering Precision. “We are thrilled to launch […]

Georgia’s March unemployment rate was 3.1, unchanged from a revised 3.1 percent in February. However, the State’s unemployment rate was still seven-tenths pf a percent lower than the national unemployment rate. In March, initial unemployment claims were down 22% last month and down over 19% for the year. That also meant the number of unemployed was down 163,483 statewide. That’s the lowest figure […]

WorkSource Georgia Mountains is offering grant money to businesses to help give their employees extra on-the-job training. It’s called the Incumbent Worker Training Program. Incumbent Work Training is designed to improve the skills of employees and the competitiveness of an employer by offering financial support for the upskilling of the employer’s current workforce. The grant also supplies funding to help […]

It’s that time of year when black bears are coming out of hibernation and they are hungry. Young males are searching for food and their own territories and female bears are foraging for food for themselves and their new cubs. So it is important to make sure to make your property unattractive to black bears. Scott Frazier is a wildlife […]