Mark E. Smith

Operation Ghost culminates in largest methamphetamine drug bust in Union County history with 35 arrests and 3 warrants

Blairsville, GA - On Thursday, June 22nd , 2017, 34 people were arrested and warrants were issued for 4 others.…

9 years ago

Scottish Festival Draws Huge Crowd, Lots of Fun in Blairsville, GA

Blairsville, GA - The 2017 Scottish Festival in Blairsville, GA opened on Saturday, June 10, 2017 to a huge crowd.…

9 years ago

Union County Board of Education: student Somerset Rabb recognized; school cafeteria prices going up; Financials and Tentative 2018 Budget approved

Blairsville, GA - The Union County Board of Education convened on Tuesday, May 16 at 7 p.m., immediately following the…

9 years ago

Dr. George David Gowder, Jamie Lee Harkins co-defendants in Union County 70 count indictment

Dr. George David Gowder, age 60, an emergency room doctor and graduate of the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia…

10 years ago

Matt Gurtler updates Blairsville citizens on Gold Dome End-of-Session

Georgia State Representative Matt Gurtler was hosted by the Union/Towns County Tea Party at their meeting on April 25, 2017,…

10 years ago

Union County BOE: Dr. Jeremy Williams to resign May 31, 2017

The Union County Board of Education convened on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the UCBOE Building. Union…

10 years ago

Commissioner Paris: ‘It could have been so much worse!’

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. – Union County Sole Commissioner Lamar Paris convened the January commissioner’s meeting Jan. 18, 2018, at 6 p.m.…

9 years ago

Union County Schools will be closed on Friday, Jan. 19

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. - Union County Schools will be closed again on Friday to both students and staff because of hazardous…

9 years ago

Be advised: Blairsville/Union County in for more frigid cold weather

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga - Update: As of 8:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, Weather Underground (WU) is predicting a significant drop in…

9 years ago

City Council votes to allow alcohol sales on New Year’s Eve, a Sunday, Mary Ruth Cook sworn in, 2018 budget approved

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. - The Blairsville City Council convened on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, for their December meeting at City Hall.…

9 years ago

Christmas cheer fills the air again in Blairsville

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. - The 2017 Blairsville Christmas Tree Lighting and Christmas Parade took place this past Saturday evening, Dec. 2,…

9 years ago

Union County Schools, VSO’s Honor American Veterans

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. – Students from all of Union County’s Schools, parents, teachers, Union County residents and guests gathered at the…

9 years ago

Blairsville Wal-Mart Intersection To Be Altered

Blairsville, GA - Union County Sole Commissioner Lamar Paris announced at the October Commissioner’s Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017…

9 years ago

Blairsville Fall Festival Parade 2017

Blairsville, GA - The Blairsville Fall Festival Parade went off with out a hitch on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2017,…

9 years ago

Republicans Draw Large Crowd at Celebrate America in Blairsville

Blairsville, GA - The Celebrate America event at the Blairsville Campus of the North Georgia Technical College on Saturday, Sept.…

9 years ago

Blairsville City Council: Harper Reveals More of Blairsville Facelift; Eclipse Event, Heritage Festival Big Success

Blairsville, GA - The Blairsville City Council convened for their September Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 at 6 p.m.…

9 years ago