Author: MJ Kneiser

In Hart County, the City of Hartwell is planning a major facelift for two of its more famous streets. This week, Hartwell Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the City is preparing to embark on two Streetscape projects on Depot and Carolina Streets. Johnson said engineers are working on a plan to improve the appearance and accessibility of of Carolina street. “Carolina […]

The Fourth of July celebration always centers on close friends and family and great food, usually from a barbeque. Many families will be enjoying sun, sand, and a cookout either at the beach, the park, or in the backyard with family and friends again this year. But, what about the risks surrounding the food we cook on the barbeque? There’s […]

Lake Hartwell is expected to be awash with boaters, swimmers, and people on their personal water crafts. And as they are every summer holiday, officers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources along with Rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are on the waters of Lake Hartwell and other surrounding lakes, looking for impaired boaters to make sure […]

To ease 4th of July holiday traffic congestion, the Georgia DOT will suspend construction-related lane closures on Interstate Highways beginning at 5a this morning until midnight tonight. Lane closures will also be limited on state routes that directly serve major tourist and recreation centers. However, in metro Atlanta, the restrictions will not apply to the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes construction […]

And just in time for the July 4th holiday this week, a new law that went into effect Sunday gives local officials the authority to pass ordinances that ban the use of fireworks except on certain holidays. The State law allows fireworks statewide on New Year’s Day 1, the Saturday and Sunday before Memorial Day, July 3, July 4, Labor […]

We all know about the Hands Free Law going into effect Sunday, but there’s a host of other new laws now in force across Georgia. July 1st was the start date for a number of bills signed into law by Governor Nathan Deal during the 2018 Georgia General Assembly. Among them was House Bill 65, which expanded Georgia’s Medical marijuana […]

Savannah River Productions is relocating its production house and theatre from Hartwell to Lavonia. The non-profit theatre troupe offers high-quality theatre productions to the Northeast Georgia region. They recently announced the purchase of a building on Highway 17 in Lavonia next to the Franklin County Habitat for Humanity Thrift store. Savannah River Productions member Andrea Bradford recently spoke to the […]

This is Lightning Safety Awareness Week and with temperatures rising during the summer months, so does the chance for severe weather. According to the National Weather Service, there are approximately 25 million lightning strikes in the United States each year. In Georgia, lightning is the number two weather-related cause of death behind tornadoes, according to Ready Georgia. That’s why Georgia […]

In just five days, drivers in Georgia will have to keep their phones out of their hands and away from their bodies if they want to talk on their devices. Georgia’s new Hands-Free Law takes effect this Sunday. The switch to hands-free comes during one of the busiest travel periods of the year and at a time when the Georgia […]