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In recent years, the Stephens County Hospital has offered its patients an incentive for paying their medical bills in full, typically by knocking off 20 percent of the total bill. However, this year, the incentive is even greater, according to Stephens County Hospital Chief Executive Officer Roger Forgey. Instead of a 20 percent deduction, the hospital is extending a 40 […]

North Georgia Technical College recently announced the 2018 Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership winner. Daniel Hill, of Rabun Gap, was named the GOAL student at a recent Habersham Rotary meeting. Nominated by instructor Stacie Sulhoff, Hill is an accounting student at the Clarkesville campus. Hill went through a series of competitive interviews and speeches detailing why he chose technical education. […]

According to authorities from the Toccoa Police Department an early Friday morning shooting on Big A Road was a drug deal turned bad. The Toccoa Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating a shooting that occurred at approximately 2:40 a.m., Friday, said Interim Police Chief Jimmy Mize. Officers met victim Dennis Bradley Cromer, 38, of Martin. On […]

The communications company TruVista celebrated 120 years of service Thursday evening at the Reflections Event Center located at Lake Toccoa. The event was part of a Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours and was attended by community and business leaders in Toccoa-Stephens County. Headquartered in Chester, SC, TruVista started in 1897 and has provided communication services to Chester, […]

And then there were 20. Amazon reviewed 238 proposals from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to host HQ2, the company’s second headquarters in North America. Yesterday, Amazon announced it had narrowed down the 238 proposals to 20 prospective metropolitan areas. In those top 20s is Georgia’s very own metropolitan city of Atlanta. Stephens County Development Authority Director Tim Martin […]

Georgia sets records in employment during 2017. State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler released earlier that 2017 was a banner year for job creation, employment and work force gains in Georgia. Over the year, Georgia created more than 83,000 new jobs, employed thousands more residents, grew a much larger work force and drove unemployment down 1.1 percent. Butler said, “As we […]

A drug arrest in Habersham County, results in the capturing of a Rabun County fugitive. On Thursday, Jan. 11, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and the Appalachian RDEO arrested 20-year-old Cody Ira Harkins of Clayton, Georgia. Vigilant Deputies, following up on suspicious activity in the area of 5000 Talmadge Drive, in Clarkesville, learned that Harkins was a Rabun County […]

By Rob Moore, AccessWDUN A Habersham County man faces a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals after the death of an 8- to 10-week-old puppy on Northwest Wayside Street in Cornelia on Jan. 13.   Bobby Kyle Nelms of Demorest was arrested by Cornelia police and animal control officers on a warrant taken by Habersham County Animal Care and […]

Toccoa and Stephens County mark the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday, the annual Interfaith Service took place at Trinity C.M.E. Church in Toccoa. This year marks the 27th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Toccoa. That was followed by the March for Peace, which went from the church to the steps of Toccoa City […]