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The Better Business Bureau is offering some tips for dealing with credit and improving credit scores. Better Business Bureau Spokesperson Dottie Callina said that a person’s credit score is something they need to be aware of and understand. She said the base credit scores typically fall between 300 and 850 and information on a credit report can follow someone their […]
Read moreCongressman Doug Collins is leading legislation he said would end tax benefits to individuals residing in the United States illegally. Recently, Collins introduced the Tax Credit Accountability Act, or H.R. 819. He said the bill would address the previous administration’s executive amnesty move to provide tax credits to certain groups of illegal immigrants. Collins said that among its many provisions, […]
Read more50th District State Senator John Wilkinson recognizes the work of Georgia’s veterinarians. On Wednesday, Wilkinson recognized the work of Georgia’s veterinarians and their dedication to the health and welfare of all animals with Senate Resolution 79, which recognized February 8, 2017, as Veterinary Medicine Day at the Capitol. SR 79 commends Georgia’s veterinarians on their scientific knowledge and skills that […]
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More information is available on what caused the closure of a local bridge. Last week, Stephens County Administrator Phyllis Ayers announced that the bridge on Currahee Lane, between the Toccoa By-pass and the intersection of Currahee Lane and Old Carnes Creek Road, had to be closed immediately for safety reasons. The order came from the Georgia Department of Transportation. Ayers […]
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Georgia is marking Severe Weather Awareness Week this week. Governor Nathan Deal, in coordination with the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency and the National Weather Service, issued a proclamation calling on Georgians to educate themselves and understand the threats of severe weather during this week’s Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Chief of […]
Read moreBy MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia The city of Lavonia is undertaking a new project aimed at honoring veterans and current servicemen and women. Vivian Young is organizing the effort at the Lavonia Welcome Center. She said the city is putting together a Veterans Memorial Brick Project at the Gazebo on Main Street in downtown Lavonia. “The mayor, along with […]
Read moreA recent survey from AAA shows that travel is expected to increase in Georgia and around the country this year. AAA Georgia Public Affairs Director Garrett Townsend said that the agency is seeing a major jump in travel sales in Georgia this year when compared to last year. “In Georgia, travel sales are up 27 percent year over year in […]
Read moreA recent event at the State Capitol recognizes tourism’s impact on Georgia. Last month, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal was joined by leaders from Georgia’s tourism industry for the annual Tourism, Hospitality & Arts Day at the Capitol to recognize the $59 billion impact of tourism on Georgia’s economy. As part of the event, representatives from the tourism industry presented Deal […]
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The Stephens County Planning Commission is recommending that a proposed poultry farm on Freeman Creek Road be allowed to move forward. Tuesday, planning commissioners voted unanimously to recommend that the county re-zone the property Agriculture Intensive to allow property owner William Hutto to put the chicken houses on his 107-plus acres. Hutto told the Planning Commission he had adjusted his […]
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A new program on Interstate 85 in northeast Georgia is designed to help both motorists and the Georgia Department of Transportation. The Coordinated Highway and Maintenance Program, or CHAMP, launched this week in the northeast district for the Georgia DOT along I-85. Georgia DOT Spokesperson Katie Strickland said that CHAMP is similar to the already existing HERO program in metro […]
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