Pickens County News

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.