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The Stephens County Board of Commissioners has approved the 2022 Tax Levy Resolution for Stephens County Government. During a special called meeting on Thursday, the Board unanimously approved setting the millage rate at 14.05 mills. This is the rollback rate. Originally, the Board of Commissioners had proposed leaving the millage rate, at 14.76 mills, the same as 2021; however, that […]

Wednesday, July 27th marked the start of the 14-day mandatory waiting period for Stephens County to officially hire Chris Rainey as Stephens County’s Recreation Director. County Administrator announced, Wednesday, that Rainey was the sole candidate for the position. Rainey has been serving as the Interim Recreation Director after former Recreation Director Joe Smith resigned at the beginning of the July. […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners have agreed to increase the Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter’s budget for Fiscal Year 2023. The decision was made on Tuesday, during the Commission’s regular scheduled meeting, when Angie Garland, representing the Humane Shelter, came forward asking the Commission to consider increasing the Humane Shelter’s budget by $50,000. Ultimately, the Commission decided to partially fund […]

As a reminder, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners will set the 2022 millage rate today in a special called meeting. As WNEG News previously reported, the County will meet this morning at 8:30 a.m. inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse, to approve the Stephens County Board of Education’s recommended millage rate of 15.72 mills along with the county’s rollback […]

Wednesday, July 27th marked the start of the 14-day mandatory waiting period for Stephens County to officially hire Chris Rainey as Stephens County’s Recreation Director. County Administrator announced, Wednesday, that Rainey was the sole candidate for the position. Rainey has been serving as the Interim Recreation Director after former Recreation Director Joe Smith resigned at the beginning of the July. […]

The Toccoa City Commission and Stephens County Board of Commissioners both signed Local Option Sales Tax Certificate of Distributions during their respective meetings this week. Stephens County LOST funds are divided between Stephens County, the City of Toccoa, and the Town of Martin. Stephens County receives 63.51 percent of LOST funds, Toccoa receives 35.26 percent, and Martin receives 1.23 percent. […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners rescinds motion to sell Annex Building, located on West Tugalo Street. The decision was made on Tuesday, during the commission’s regular scheduled meeting. According to County Administrator Phyllis Ayers, the original motion to sell the building was made on February 24, 2022; however, since then, the county has received many requests to keep the […]

The Toccoa City Commission has approved the 2022 millage rate for the residents of Toccoa. On Monday, during the commission’s regular scheduled meeting, City Manager Billy Morse presented the proposed millage rate of 5.6 mills, which is lower than the 2021 millage rate. As WNEG News previously reported, Toccoa Mayor Jeanette Jamieson told WNEG that when making the Fiscal Year […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will meet this evening for its regular scheduled meeting inside the Historic Stephens County Courthouse. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Under old business, the Commission will consider a motion to rescind a previous motion to sell the Stephens County Annex Building, located at 12 West Tugalo Street. The original motion was […]

Open House for schools in Stephens County will be held this week prior to the start of the 2022-2023 school year. The Open House Schedule for each school is as follows: Big A Elementary will hold open house on July 28th from 3 to 5 p.m. and on July 29 from noon until 2 p.m. Liberty Elementary’s open house will […]