Lumpkin County News

The unemployment rate increased slightly in Northeast Georgia, according to Wednesday's report from the Georgia Department of Labor.

The Lumpkin County boys basketball team defeated Jackson County on a basket by E.J. Young as time expired to win their season-opener on Monday.

Sawnee EMC has launched a new Web site that allows customers to track their daily energy use over the previous 30 days and other information.

Death row inmate Timothy Woodrow Pruitt is in critical condition at a Spalding County hospital following an apparent botched suicide, a Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman confirmed Friday to the AJC.

The Coosa-North Georgia Regional Water Planning Council will meet next at 9 a.m. on Nov.

Georgia is kicking off its ``Apply to College Week'' where high school students statewide will get help with applications and finding financial aid.

State Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger, was elected by unanimous consent as Caucus Chairman of the 9th District Legislative Delegation at a meeting at the state capitol today.

Steve Gooch, a former Lumpkin County commissioner, has been elected to the 9th Congressional District seat on the State Transportation Board.

Former Lumpkin County Commission Chairman Steve Gooch was elected Wednesday to fill the 9th District vacancy on the state Department of Transportation board.

High showed what they could do during the 7th Annual Cats Classic held at Duluth High School Oct.

In Dahlonega Saturday never mind the clouds and the rain, its time for Gold Rush Days.

There's a new place in Lumpkin County where you can leave your recyclables. A recycling drop-off site recently opened on the North Georgia College & State University campus.

What: A three-day music festival sponsored by the Lumpkin Coalition to raise public awareness and generate funds to help save the Eastern and Carolina Hemlock trees.

A body was found in Boggs Creek Friday morning, according to the Lumpkin County Deputy Coroner.

Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from Boggs Creek in Lumpkin County as a suicide.

Lumpkin County authorities and the GBI are investigating the discovery of a body in the woods of the Chattahoochee National Forest near Boggs Creek.

A man reported missing from his home in Warrenton Saturday morning turned up in Lumpkin County later that night, authorities say.

The Coosa-North Georgia Regional Water Planning Council will hold its next meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov.

Bullet strikes school bus; one pupil hurt A bullet struck a Richmond County school bus headed back to Augusta from Gwinnett County on Saturday, shattering glass and injuring one pupil.

Are you looking for a job? Do you need help with your resume or want to brush up on your interview skills? If so, you may want to attend a series of programs beginning Oct.