Blairsville, GA – On Thursday, June 22nd , 2017, 34 people were arrested and warrants were issued for 4 others. One of those ‘others’ has since been apprehended and arrested; but the three remaining are currently Union County’s Most Wanted because, according to UCSO Captain Chad Deyton and UCSO Sgt. Tyler Miller, they are the […]
Read More »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. The official opening of the event happened at noon on Saturday with several pipe and drum bands (The Atholl Highlanders Pipes and Drums USA, North Georgia Pipes and Drums, John Mohr Mackintosh Pipes and Drums, […]
Read More »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 Budget Hearing, for their May Meeting. UCS Superintendent Dr. Fred Rayfield and all Board Members were present. Many of the attendees from the Budget Hearing stayed for the Meeting. UCHS Principal John Hill and Special […]
Read More »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 Regents University, had approximately 36 years of experience when he was arrested in 2016. Dr. Gowder was a Board Member on the Union General Hospital Authority (UGHA) Board and the Board of Union General Hospital, […]
Read More »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, held at the Union County Community Center in Blairsville, GA. Gurtler was in great form as he mingled with the attendees. Once the meeting came to order and preliminaries were addressed, Gurtler opened by announcing […]
Read More »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 County School Superintendent Dr. Fred Rayfield, UCS Associate Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Williams, and the all Board Members were present. After a lengthly Executive Session, Board Chairwoman Cynthia Odom announced that they had accepted Dr. Williams’ […]
Read More »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. at the Union County Courthouse. In his commissioner’s comments, Paris, referring to the winter weather and extremely low temperatures that plagued Union County this week, said, “As difficult as this has been, it could have […]
Read More »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 road conditions on secondary roads. The only major road that remains closed in Union County is the Richard Russell Scenic Parkway. However, there are many secondary mountain roads that remain dangerous because extremely low temperatures […]
Read More »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 temperature beginning about 3 p.m. The low Saturday morning is predicted to be 22 degrees. This, according to WU, will kick off another week of deep freeze weather for Union County. Lows mid-week are predicted […]
Read More »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. Mayor Jim Conley, City Attorney David Barrett, City Clerk Kaye McCann and Council Members Rhonda Mahan, Betty Easter, Tony Dyer and Mary Ruth Cook were present. Buddy Moore was absent due to illness. The Council […]
Read More »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, 2017, around the Blairsville Square under an almost-full moon. The weather cooperated beautifully with just a few clouds and temperatures in the low sixties. Downtown Blairsville businesses and restaurants kept their doors open for the […]
Read More »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 UCHS Mike Colwell Memorial Football Stadium to honor American Military Veterans on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The program was hosted by UCS students and local Veterans Service Organizations (VSO’s). (Featured picture: Missing Man Table) The […]
Read More »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 that plans are now underway to alter ingress and egress to the Wal-Mart Store at Hwy 515. Paris said that there have been four fatality accidents and a serious injury accident at that intersection in […]
Read More »Blairsville Fall Festival Parade 2017
Blairsville, GA – The Blairsville Fall Festival Parade went off with out a hitch on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2017, to lead off the first of two 2-day weekends of fun, games, arts and crafts at the Union County Sorghum Festival held at Meeks Park out on Hwy. 515 west of Blairsville. This parade, as […]
Read More »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. 16, 2017, a joint effort by the Union County Republican Party and the Union/Towns County Tea Party, was a great success. Over a hundred people enjoyed hot dogs (what’s more American than that?), baked beans, […]
Read More »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. at Blairsville City Hall. Mayor Jim Conley, Council Members Rhonda Mahan, Betty Easter, Tony Dyer and Buddy Moore were present. City Clerk Kaye McCann and City Attorney David Barrett were also present. Darren Harper, Downtown […]
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