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20 hrs ago | The Macon Telegraph

Emergency alert system approved for Houston County

The next time severe weather heads toward Houston County, its residents will get a clear warning.

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Related Topix: Houston County, GA, Weather

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Cherokee County News

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for: northwestern Cherokee County in north central Georgia west central Pickens County in north central Georgia northeastern Bartow County in northwest Georgia southeastern Gordon County in northwest Georgia Until 3:30 pm edt.

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Related Topix: Weather, Peachtree City, GA, Gordon County, GA, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Fairmount, GA

Wed Jun 03, 2009

The Times

DOT sets contracts for road work in Northeast Georgia

The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded about $4.8 million in contracts for resurfacing projects in Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham and White counties.

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Related Topix: Georgia

Tue May 26, 2009

Rome News - Tribune

Rome, Floyd chip in for Coosa River basin water study

Consultants are sampling water at 45 sites in Floyd and other North Georgia counties as part of a water quality improvement study and implementation plan for the Coosa River basin.

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Related Topix: Rome, GA, Georgia, Floyd County, GA, Fairmount, GA, Bartow County, GA

Tue Apr 21, 2009

WJBF-TV Augusta

SC House Overrides Governor Sanford Snow Day Vetoes

Legislators have taken the first votes to override Gov. Mark Sanford's vetoes of bills that would exempt school districts from having to make up snow days this year.

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Wed Apr 15, 2009

Dade County Sentinel

Trail Of Tears Touches Dade County

If any of you remember sitting through Georgia History classes in middle school, the news that Georgia is a part of the Trail of Tears should come as no surprise.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Talking Rock, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Dahlonega, GA

Tue Apr 14, 2009

Dalton Daily Citizen

Friends and Neighbors: Meet Jimmy Gallman

When Jimmy Gallman thinks back over his nearly 31-year career with the Georgia Forestry Commission, one situation stands out.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Dalton, GA, Fire, Murray County, GA

Sun Apr 12, 2009

The Times

Local storms all bark, no bite

A frightening Friday night storm that packed a wallop left behind little visible damage across Northeast Georgia, officials said Saturday.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Georgia, Weather, Forsyth County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA

Fri Apr 10, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

Snow day waivers rejected

Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed legislation that would have exempted school districts from making up snow days this year, saying less time in the classroom is no way to solve budget problems.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Weather

Wed Apr 08, 2009

Daily Citizen

Gallman retires

Whitfield-Catoosa County chief forest ranger senior Jimmy Gallman retired March 1 after 30 years and seven months service with the Georgia Forestry Commission.

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Related Topix: Catoosa County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Fire, Dalton, GA

Thu Mar 05, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Golf: Dawson takes win over Pickens

The Dawson County boys golf team scored a 173 team total to defeat Pickens County on Wednesday at Crystal falls Golf Course in Dawsonville.

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Related Topix: Dawson County, GA, Dawsonville, GA

Thu Feb 26, 2009

CurbView Jasper . . . A Pickens Count...

Pricing a Home to Sell in Jasper or Pickens County GA: Is Appraised...

Reflections on life and real estate in Pickens County Georgia. A roadside look at Jasper GA, news, views, people and places, real estate and local politics--anything and everything that informs, educates or ...

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Jasper, GA, Home Selling

Sat Feb 14, 2009

WAGT

Upstate Salmonella Outbreak Traced To Boiled Peanuts

State health officials say boiled peanuts likely caused an Upstate salmonella outbreak.

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Sat Jan 03, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Cherokee County: Woman clings to life after assault

A Cherokee County woman was on life support Friday with a fractured skull and internal injuries after a New Year's Eve domestic dispute.

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Related Topix: Cherokee County, GA, Ball Ground, GA, Jasper, GA

Fri Jan 02, 2009

MyFOX Atlanta

Jasper, Ga. Man Held in Girlfriend's Beating

Robert Phillips, 46-years-old of Jasper, was arrested and charged in the beating of his girlfriend -- Julia Shaw -- on Dec.

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Related Topix: Jasper, GA, Atlanta Metro, Cherokee County, GA, Ball Ground, GA

Mon Dec 29, 2008

Cop briefs ajc.com

Teen dies in Woodstock interstate wreck

A Cherokee County teenager died when her SUV struck a guardrail and overturned early Sunday morning on I-575. Victoria Heil, 18, was dead at the scene of the single-vehicle accident that was reported about ...

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Related Topix: Woodstock, GA, Cherokee County, GA

Sun Dec 21, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

State wants return on its educational investment

Each of you represents an investment by the state of Georgia, by the taxpayers of Georgia, of somewhere between $75,000 to $135,000 - - depending on how long you took to get your degree, and how much additional ...

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Related Topix: Georgia, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, Atlanta Metro

Thu Dec 18, 2008

WRDW-TV Augusta

SC grandmother, father charged in toddler's death

The grandmother and father of a Pickens County toddler who died earlier this year from a drug overdose have been indicted in connection with the boy's death.

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