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As of 3:30 P.M. on Friday, some Stephens County residents remain without power after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning. According to Georgia Power, a little more than 750 customers in Stephens County remain without power. As of 5 P.M. on Thursday, Hart EMC was reporting just under 3,000 customers without power, but now is reporting that […]

Earlier this morning, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Executive Order 10.30.20.01 and Executive Order 10.30.20.02, extending the public health state of emergency through December 9 and renewing current COVID-19 restrictions with minimal changes to the sections on Healthcare and Governments. The Order extending the public health state of emergency (1o.30.20.01) is effective immediately. Executive Order 10.30.20.02 takes effect on November 1 […]

Today is the final day to cast an advance ballot in the General Election in Toccoa-Stephens County. Between October 12 and Wednesday, October 28, there were 7,321 residents to cast ballots at the Stephens County Registrar’s Office. Early voting will run today from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Gober says all advance voting will be done at the Stephens County […]

All Stephens County Schools are closed today due to power outage at the High School and Bus Shop. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham says 12-month employees should still report. Additionally, power remains out to hundreds of Stephens County residents after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region Thursday morning. According to Georgia Power, 1,124 customers in Stephens County […]

Power remains out to thousands of Stephens County residents after Tropical Storm Zeta moved through the region this morning. According to Georgia Power, more than 1,700 customers in Stephens County remain without power and Hart EMC is reporting just under 3,000 customers without power as of 5 P.M. in Stephens County. Many of those outages started this morning when high […]

Stephens County Schools will be closed on Friday. Stephens County School Superintendent Dr. Daniel Oldham had the following statement. “I hope that everyone is doing well and safe after the storm. Due to the power outage at the high school and the bus shop, we will be closed tomorrow. Georgia Power is dealing with widespread outages across the region which […]

The latest report from the Georgia Department of Public Health has Stephens County with 41 deaths related to Covid-19, and 1,287 positive cases of the virus since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon. The latest report now has Habersham County with 78 deaths, and 1,897 total positive cases of the virus. Locally, Stephens […]

Hurricane Zeta arrived in Georgia overnight and is impacting service to Georgia Power customers. Damage and power outages may increase as high winds continue across the state. The company is prepared to assess damage and restore power as quickly and safely as possible following the storm. Georgia Power has seen damage due to the already saturated ground, high wind gusts, […]

In Stephens County, several areas are without power due to downed trees and power lines. According to Georgia Power there are 24 outages with 1,835 customers affected. Hart EMC says power outages are affecting 4,273 customers. Both Georgia Power and Hart EMC have yet to release an expected time when the power will be restored. WNEG News will continue to […]

Due to the Tropical Storm Warning for our area associated with Hurricane Zeta and expected heavy winds and rain, area school systems will be closed on Thursday: -Stephens County School Superintendent Daniel Oldham has canceled schools for Thursday, and asks that everyone remain home and stay safe. -Habersham County Schools are closed and encourages all to exercise extreme caution if […]