Clarkesville News

You may soon have the chance, thanks to a new bill we introduced the last week of the 2013 legislative session: the Rural Georgia Economic Recovery and Solar Resource Act of 2014, also known as HB 657.

A man was taken by ambulance after his vehicle left the road and overturned in Clarkesville Saturday.

Prior Street is one of Gainesville's most important streets. It connects the northside of town to the southside.

Shown, from left are Harris Blackwood, director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety; Courtney Terwilliger, president of the Georgia Association of Emergency Medical Services; Billy Thurmond, chief of emergency services, Dawson County and Chairman of Region 2 EMS Directors Association; Clarkesville Fire Chief Jerry Palmer; Habersham EMS ... (more)

For more information on recycled rainbarrels, visit www.soque.org or call Tom Herring at 706-212-2056 or Dwight Anderson at 706-754-5313. The Soque River Watershed Association in Clarkesvillle and the Habitat for Humanity ReStores in Clarkesville and Clayton are teaming up again to turn recycled Coca-Cola barrels into rainbarrels for water ... (more)

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown Purchase times: 9 p.m. Fridays to 9 p.m. Mondays Pick-up times : 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays Pick-up locations: Grace Calvary church office in Clarkesville and Mill Gap Farm in tiger Place orders online: northeastgeorgia.locallygrown.net The Northeast Georgia Locally Grown online farmers market will kick off the beginning of ... (more)

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources will phase out law enforcement positions at all state parks within five years.

Habersham County Board of Education Police Department Traffic Officer Brandi Crawford makes an emotional appeal to the Habersham County Board of Education on Tuesday.

Demorest officials were joined by Gov. Nathan Deal Friday morning for a two-fold celebration.

Sydney Burrell Whelchel, 71, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Waccamaw Community Hospital.