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North Georgia Technical College’s President Dr. Mark Ivester, recently named Melinda D. Glander, of Dawsonville, as the new vice president of academic affairs. Since 2011, Glander has served as Dean of Academic Affairs at NGTC. She also previously served as Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Chattahoochee Technical College and Division Chair and instructor at North Metro Technical College before coming […]
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For the past three weeks, the P230 Ministries in partnership with Quality Foods, of Toccoa, has been collecting supplies to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The group is currently filling a truck with five gallon buckets filled with cleaning supplies, which can be purchased at Quality Foods for $10; however, during the Stephens County football game tonight, there will […]
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Stephens County students will not have to make up days missed for school closures from last week’s storm, as approved during Tuesday evenings Board of Education meeting. Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey says the days will not have to made up due to Georgia Governor Deal’s State of Emergency. Stephens County students missed five consecutive days after the […]
Read moreStephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey’s contract has been extended. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Stephens County Board of Education, the board voted unanimously to extend Dorsey’s contract. Dorsey was hired in 2014, and this new contract will expire in 2020. Dorsey was thankful for the board’s approval. Dorsey told WNEG that over the next three years his goal is […]
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A Toccoa museum is participating in Museum Day Live! The Currahee Military Museum, located at the train depot in Toccoa, will be hosting the free event-Museum Day Live!-this Saturday as part of an initiative with participating museums across the nation to replicate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day Live! is an initiative in which participating museums […]
Read moreACT test takers have shown significant improvement throughout the state of Georgia. Comparatively, Georgia students’ composite scores were higher than the national average. For the entire state of Georgia, the average composite score of 24.1 was higher than the national average of 21, for the second consecutive year and the second time in Georgia history. Georgia also outperformed the nation […]
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Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has issued a directive to insurance companies to exercise leniency in dealing with Georgia residents that may experience difficulty paying their premiums due to Hurricane Irma. Hudgins told media quote “I expect insurance companies to be compassionate and understanding when so many of their policyholders’ lives have been severely disrupted, this includes premium payments and nonrenewal […]
Read more50th District Senator John Wilkinson and Representative Tom McCall of Elberton recently chaired the annual Joint Agriculture Committee Chairmen Ag Issues Summit at the Museum of Agriculture in Tifton, Georgia. The summit featured speakers and presentations from stakeholders across the state who discussed the future of agriculture policy and issues in Georgia. Wilkinson told WNEG News that quote “Hearing from […]
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National Hunting and Fishing Day is coming up this Saturday and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division will be hosting a number of free events. Rusty Garrison, Director of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division tells WNEG News the events are family-oriented, with fun and educational hands-on activities that everyone will enjoy. Garrison said […]
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Hurricane Irma did not have as much of an effect on raising the level of Lake Hartwell as hoped. Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District had hoped the Hartwell, Russell, and Thurmond Reservoirs would get an extra five to seven inches of rain from Irma as it passed over the Upper Savannah River Basin, but that […]
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