By Bobbi Pippin

Harold Bargeron echoes the organization’s national motto when he says, “No one does more for veterans,” as he talks about the work of the  Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

Special to The News Observer

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One time every year Fannin Lanes in Blue Ridge glows with the smiles of children and adults alike when the Special Olympics bowling outing visits.

The band has been at every football game. Has the football team ever attended a band concert?

“Buying products with delta-8 THC is similar to buying heroin, it’s buyer beware, you don’t know what you’re going to get,” Fannin County Sheriff Dane Kirby said.

The long awaited return of a swimming pool to Fannin County is a step closer with Eddie O’Neal’s prediction the new facility on Gray Street might open earlier than expected.

Copper Basin’s Cougars hosted Whitwell Friday, February 9, to wrap up the regular season home schedule, as district tournaments will get cranked up in the next two weeks.

Members of Polk County’s Industrial and Economic Development Board (IED Board) have agreed to continue negotiations with Food City over a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program, a tax abatement,

By Andy Ashurst

Times-Courier / Ellijay, GA