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The Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign to help local small businesses in the community. According to Chamber of Commerce President Julie Paysen, the Chamber of Commerce is selling super soft t-shirts with a Toccoa-Stephens County logo. She says all proceeds, $15 per shirt, will go to the local small business of your choice. To purchase a […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health is now reporting 15 positive cases of COVID-19 in Stephens County. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Department of Public Health announced that Georgia has a total of 10,566 positive cases throughout the state, with 2,159 being hospitalized, and 379 dying from complications of the virus. Fulton County remains the county with the highest number […]

Twelve County Commission Chairmen throughout North Georgia have band together signing a letter to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, asking him to close all state parks. The 12 counties represented in the letter include: Stephens, Habersham, Towns, Rabun, White, Franklin, Gilmer, Dade, Lumpkin, Fannin, Union, and Banks counties. In the letter, the County Commissioners requests Kemp issues an Executive Order closing […]

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday he is extending Georgia’s public health emergency through April 30. Extending the emergency order allows the Governor to continue to use his authority as Governor to suspend laws and impose other COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. That authority includes direct control of civil workers, restricting travel, limiting public gathers and whatever else he believes is necessary to […]

Toccoa-Stephens County Humane Shelter Executive Director Jeff Roberts has announced that the shelter is suspending animal adoptions and scheduling for low-cost spay and neuter services, to comply with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s Shelter-in-Place order. Roberts says the shelter will remain closed to the public until further notice. He says quote “this step was taken to provide maximum protection for the […]

PruittHealth is now operating at Code Red status at seven centers as a positive Covid-19 case has been determined at the Toccoa center, and six other centers, and transferred to a local hospital. According to PruittHealth, they have been in communication with the affected individuals’ families, physicians, and local health departments in Toccoa, Salisbury, N.C., and Georgia centers in Ashburn, […]

Across state lines South Carolina has issued a “must go home and stay home” to all residents to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued the mandatory “Home or Work” Civil Emergency Executive Order at 5 P.M. on Tuesday. Exceptions to staying home in South Carolina include going to work, visiting family who may […]

The Department of Public Health continues to monitor COVID-19 across the state of Georgia and each county. In Stephens County, the Department of Public Health released on Tuesday afternoon that there are 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of those 15, eight are being treated at Stephens County Hospital. As of Wednesday morning, the hospital has tested 77 individuals for the […]

Stephens County Chief Superior Court Judge Russell W. Smith and Superior Court Judge Chan Caudell have issued a Declaration/Standing Order providing that during the period of emergency, unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge, all court proceedings in the Mountain Judicial Circuit will be held online. Following Governor Brian Kemps Shelter-in-Place order that was issued on April 3, the announcement […]