Category: News

On Monday, the Toccoa City Commission held extended discussions, both during a called work session at 4 p.m., and the regular meeting at 5 p.m., about the Tugalo Greenspace.  Following the discussion during the regular meeting, commissioners voted to move forward with the construction of the Tugaloo Greenspace, despite budget and scheduling concerns and hesitation about the public’s perception of […]

On Wednesday, January 10, at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs and Issues legislative preview event, Governor Brian  Kemp delivered an address  laying out priorities for the 2024 legislative session.  The Governor announced his administration’s priorities to continue addressing workforce development challenges, including in the area of healthcare; reinforce Georgia’s status as a right-to-work state; address the need for […]

Toccoa routes for garbage and recyclables scheduled to be picked up on Monday, January 15th will be picked up on Tuesday, January 16th. Commercial garbage will be picked up as usual, but yard waste and other items will not be picked up. The Toccoa Police and Fire Departments will be on duty. Utility Department employees, as well as employees from […]

City officials have provided WNEG News with a notice regarding two sewer spills that resulted from the heavy rains early this week.  According to the notice, on January 9, a city worker found two manholes overflowing.  The first Sanitary Sewer Overflow, which is defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a release of untreated or partially treated sewage from […]

At Monday’s Toccoa City Commission meeting, Josh Carroll from the city’s auditing firm, Mauldin and Jenkins, presented the City of Toccoa’s annual audit report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023, stating that the city received an unmodified, or “clean” report, which indicates that the city’s financials are materially correct. The report also stated that the city’s basic […]

At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Stephens County Board of Commissioners, the county adopted the budget calendar for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget process.  Significant dates on the adopted calendar include a March 1 deadline for expenditure requests from department heads and officials, with discussions about departmental budgets taking place April 22-23 and an offsite budget review planning session for […]

Charles Edward “Ed” Stockton, 80, of Habersham, passed away yesterday, Jan. 10, as a result of injuries suffered in a three-vehicle wreck on Ga. 15/Us.441 at Georgia 17 Alternate (Talmadge Drive) in Hollywood on Dec. 21. Stockton has remained in the hospital since the crash.   According to Georgia State Patrol Post 7 Toccoa reports, Stockton, 80, was driving a Chevrolet […]

Northeast Georgia Health System’s Center for Simulation and Innovation, which trains healthcare workers in a simulated environment, recently received national recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. The Center was was recently accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, an international organization that promotes the advancement of simulation-based education for healthcare professionals, for providing […]

Construction on the Tugalo Street Greenspace began earlier this week, and Main Street Toccoa officials have advised area businesses that the parking lot will be closed for demolition and construction purposes until further notice.  Alternative parking areas recommended by Main Street include the parking spots along Sage Street, Pond Street, and in the parking lot behind Linda’s Place at the […]