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Stephens County Hospital will purchase five new beds for its labor and delivery unit. The Hospital Authority unanimously approved the purchase of the five beds at its monthly meeting on Monday. According to Stephens County Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson, the hospital is replacing beds that are at least 15 years old. Anderson said the hospital needs to replace the older […]
Read moreAn addition at the Wilkinson Center at Stephens County Hospital should be open and in use around the end of next month. Hospital Administrator Lynne Anderson said that crews are wrapping up work on the project. “We are working on the inside finishes now and we have some grading to do on the land around them and some landscaping to […]
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Proposed pay raises for the Toccoa City Commission are expected to be re-considered at a meeting tonight. The Toccoa City Commission meets at 5 p.m. today at Toccoa City Hall. Only one item is on tonight’s meeting agenda. That is the consideration of the Toccoa City Commission Compensation Ordinance. City commissioners had previously tabled consideration of the pay raise at […]
Read moreThe Stephens County Board of Education is expected to look at the Fiscal Year 2017 tentative budget for the school system at its monthly business meeting set for later today. Today’s Board of Education meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Stephens County School System Administrative Offices on Big A School Road. Stephens County School Board members are also expected […]
Read moreAuthorities are still investigating a structure fire Friday in Stephens County. Carnes Creek, Shiloh, Eastanollee, and Toccoa Fire Departments all responded to a structure fire on Friday afternoon on Matheson Drive. That is located off of Fowlertown Road, which is located off of Mize Road. Crews were first called out during the 3 p.m. hour and the fire was called […]
Read moreGeorgia State Climatologist Bill Murphey said at least for the start of summer, hot and dry conditions are going to continue. Summer officially started Monday night. Currently, Stephens County and northeast Georgia are in moderate drought. Murphey said that the forecast for the start of summer does not show a likelihood for any substantial relief. “At least for this week […]
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will conduct its monthly counseling workshops for veterans in Cornelia and Toccoa this week. The Cornelia event will be held Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Georgia Department of Labor’s Habersham Area Career Center, located at 215 Hodges Street in Cornelia. Meanwhile, the Toccoa event will be held from 2 to […]
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Today is the First Day of Summer and hot weather has already made multiple appearances in the area. With that in mind, Georgia Power has some tips for trying to save energy this summer. Georgia Power Spokesman John Kraft said one thing people can do is make sure that their A/C unit is serviced annually to make sure it is […]
Read moreMultiple fire departments responded Friday to a structure fire just outside the city of Toccoa. Fire crews were called to an address on Matheson Drive in the 3 p.m. hour for a structure fire. Matheson Drive is located just off Fowlertown Road, which is off of Mize Road, south of Toccoa. Reports from the scene indicated that crews had the […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The Franklin County Board of Education is planning to lower its millage rate. At a called meeting earlier this month, the Franklin County Board of Education got a preliminary look at its Fiscal Year 2017 budget. The estimated revenue projection for Fiscal Year 2017 is just over $32.5 million with expected expenditures at just […]
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