Category: News

It’s a hot real estate market right now in Northeast Georgia but the number of homes for sale has dwindled. According to Norton Marketwatch buying a home remains an extreme sport in North Georgia. Buyers know to look alive and stay aggressive while sellers expect top dollar for their homes. Norton Native Intelligence, for the first time in a while, there’s […]

Georgia’s state plan for the remainder of its federal stimulus funds under the American Rescue Plan has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education, bringing an additional $1.4 billion to support K-12 schools in the state. According to a press release from the Georgia Board of Education, in this round of ARP funding, 90 percent or just over $3.8 […]

Lavonia City Fathers are looking at several options in their effort to determine whether the City should offer broadband service to citizens. In the spring, Lavonia hired Iron Grid Networks out of Commerce to conduct a survey and do a feasibility study on offering broadband service. The feasibility study collected more than 580 responses from their survey and developed a […]

The Georgia Mountains’ labor force increased in June, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. Butler said Georgia continues to see an increase in the number of jobs available and very few actual reported layoffs through the WARN system, both good signs of an improving economy. WARN stands for Georgia’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that was enacted by […]

Zell Miller’s grandson is following in the former Governor’s political footsteps and has launched his campaign for Lt. Governor, according to a report int he Atlanta-Journal Constitution Thursday. Bryan Miller told the AJC he will center his Democratic campaign for lieutenant governor on restoring the lottery-funded scholarship program “back to its original promise” promoted by his grandfather, who shepherded the […]