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As a reminder, today’s Stephens County Board of Commissioners meeting will be held in the Grand Jury Room at the Stephens County Government Building. The meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. Up for consideration are several land use public hearings for rezoning and variance requests. The Commission will also consider a motion Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions, Inc. the bid […]

The Toccoa City Commission adopted a moratorium that allows the city to decide if they should regulate the location of facilities which may be classified as a halfway house, a drug rehabilitation center, or a facility for the treatment of drug dependency. City Manager Billy Morse presented the item to the Commission at its regular scheduled meeting on Monday. Morse […]

A UGA student from Toccoa was killed early Sunday morning in Athens. According to the Athens Banner-Herald. Knox Davison Whiten, 21 of Toccoa, was hit by a vehicle as he walked along the Athens Perimeter. According to the story, Athens-Clarke police said Whiten was walking sometime before 2 A.M. on the outer loop just past Chase Street in the right […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 72 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,909 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Sunday afternoon. The latest report has Habersham County with 141 deaths and now 4,568 positive cases of the virus. In other neighboring counties, Franklin County […]

The Stephens County Board of Commissioners will resume in-person meetings during this week’s scheduled board meeting. As WNEG News reported earlier, the Stephens County Board of Commissioners will be meeting on Tuesday, March 23, inside the Grand Jury Room at the Stephens County Government Building. Tuesday’s meeting will begin promptly at 5:30 p.m. The decision to resume in-person meetings was […]

The Toccoa City Commission will meet today for its regular scheduled meeting. Today’s meeting will be conducted by teleconference. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting can dial-in at 706-898-5160. After dialing in, you’ll be prompted to input the code 790453. Up for consideration includes a public hearing for a rezoning request from Andrew Vassar for the property located at 27 […]

Stephens County High School Principal Michael Keown came before the Stephens County Board of Education on Tuesday to provide an update on all sports facilities. Keown says Stephens County High School’s football field needs the most work, especially because of how many teams use the field. He explained that no major repairs have been made to the football field in […]

Americans will be getting extra time to prepare their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service says it’s delaying the traditional tax filing deadline from April 15 until May 17. The IRS announced the decision Wednesday and said it would provide further guidance in the coming days. The move provides more breathing room for taxpayers and the IRS alike to cope with […]

The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday to celebrate one of its newest members, Juniors Bar and Grill, with a ribbon tying ceremony. Juniors Bar and Grill is located at 1382 Big A Road. According to Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, a ribbon tying ceremony symbolizes a community coming around a business in support of the services that […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is still reporting 72 COVID-related deaths in Stephens County with 2,904 residents testing positive for the virus, since the beginning of the global pandemic. The latest report was released Thursday afternoon with very little change in the area numbers with 8 new positive cases in the area and one additional death. The latest report […]