USFS Conducted Controlled Burns Tuesday in Area

The U.S. Forest Service said that it conducted two controlled burns Tuesday in the Stephens County area.

Those burns were three miles north and seven miles northeast of Toccoa Tuesday and totaled about 165 acres.

According to the Forest Service, the burns may have caused smoke to be visible Tuesday in the U.S. Highway 123 area in Toccoa and Stephens County.