• UNG tennis teams bring home ITA regional awards

    TEMPE, Ariz. – The 2019 ITA NCAA Division II men’s and women’s regional award winners were announced on Wednesday, and the University of North Georgia tennis teams were well represented on the winners lists. Ryan Gaskin was named the Southeast Region’s Player to Watch, making him the second player in program history to earn the […]

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  • Sen. Steve Gooch Press Release

    By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega) ATLANTA — On April 26, 2019, Governor Brian P. Kemp held a bill signing ceremony for several bills in Senate District 51. I was proud to join him and several members of our community as he signed bills that I sponsored or carried during the 2019 session into […]

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  • Sen. Gooch reviews state’s 2020 budget

    By: Sen. Steve Gooch (R–Dahlonega) During the 2019 session, the Georgia General Assembly fulfilled our constitutional duty and passed a record $27.5 billion Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Budget, House Bill 31, which is based on a state fund growth rate of 2.3 percent and 3.45 percent Department of Revenue growth over the Fiscal Year 2019 […]

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  • Body discovered by canoeist in Chestatee River today

    DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Alan Roach reported that a canoeist discovered the body of an unidentified female just below the surface of the Chestatee River around noon today near Lewis Grindle Road in Lumpkin County. Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, White County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources were […]

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  • Gooch, Tanner discuss 2019 General Assembly

    DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Sen. Steve Gooch of Dahlonega and State Rep. Kevin Tanner of Dawsonville were the featured speakers at last night’s Dawson County Republican Party Meeting at the Bowen Arts Center. Gooch represents 200,000 north Georgia residents, including those in Dawson, White, Lumpkin, Union and Forsyth counties. The district is made up of about […]

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  • Rep. Doug Collins wants to hear Mueller testimony

    WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today (April 8)  sent a letter to Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) calling on him to invite Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the committee. Collins letter stated: “ . . . I write encouraging you to invite Special Counsel Robert S. […]

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  • Archer earns top five finish at Lander Bearcat Invitational

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      GREENWOOD, S.C. – Logan Archer shot a final-round score of 70 to finish in a tie for fifth place at the Lander Bearcat Invitational as the University of North Georgia men’s golf team finished in a tie for 10th place in the field. Archer ended in a six-way tie for fifth place, six strokes off the […]

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  • Collins, Perdue, Kemp join vice president in ICE meeting

    ATLANTA — U.S. Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.),U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.), and Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) joined Vice President Mike Pence at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Atlanta Field Office Thursday to receive a briefing about the work of local ICE agents and the broader mission of border security. “President Trump and Vice President Pence’s […]

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  • UNG’s Shawn Hopkins named to PBC All-Conference Team

    Hopkins Named Third Team All-Conference 3/8/2019 AUGUSTA – University of North Georgia men’s basketball player Shawn Hopkins was named to the Peach Belt Conference’s Third Team All-Conference as announced by the league at the tournament banquet Friday night. Hopkins, a senior from Nokia, Finland, finished the year as the conference’s seventh-leading scorer at 16.1 points […]

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  • Drug bust at Warwick St. Apartments nets more than $7,600 in drugs

    Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office News Release Contact:  Mitchell Posey (706) 348-7410  For Immediate Release DAHLONEGA, Ga. –On March 5th, 2019, the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit provided valuable information to the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office and the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office that lead to the arrest of Anthony Fleshman.  Fleshman was arrested after […]

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  • Dahlonega man charged with DUI in wreck that injured motorcyclist

    DAHLONEGA, Ga. –– Benjamin Jacob Bruner, 20, of Athens was seriously injured Tuesday when the Suzuki motorcycle he was riding struck the rear end of a Dodge Dakota that was backing out of a private driveway on Ben Higgins Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol, witnesses said the Dodge Dakota, driven by 63-year-old James […]

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  • Winter storm watch in effect tonight and Tuesday

    URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Heard-Coweta-Fayette- Clayton- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Newnan, and Peachtree City 236 PM EST Sun Jan 27 2019 …Winter storm watch in effect from late Monday […]

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  • Florida man killed in crash in Lumpkin County

    DAHLONEGA, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol reported a fatal accident Thursday at the intersection of State Road 11 near Boggs Creek in Lumpkin County. According to the report, a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by 62 year old Donald Gregory Kurfiss from Groveland, Florida, was traveling south on SR 11 approximately south of Hester’s […]

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  • Maxwell charged with violation of court order

    DAHLONEGA, Ga. – Deputies with the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office arrested Zachary Maxwell, 26, of 1143 Auraria Road in Dahlonega last week. He is charged with criminal trespass, violation of a family violence order and interference with a call for emergency services. On Sept. 29 deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call from Tabitha Foutch who […]

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  • Parents blast school system failure to communicate

    DAHLONEGA, Ga. – “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” Parents and students say that memorable line from the  1960s movie Cool Hand Luke fits the Lumpkin County School System like a glove. Angry parents and students launched a scathing social media attack on the school system’s administration last week, saying it failed to […]

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  • White County woman charged in shooting

    CLEVELAND, Ga. — A White County woman is charged with shooting her neighbor following an argument that took place at 251 Backpacker Drive in the Tray Mountain community last Friday. White County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the area of Tray Mountain in reference to a shooting. At the bottom of the mountain, they […]

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