By Jake Cantrell
The Nugget

The long-awaited downtown hotel on E. Main Street is finally nearing completion.

The Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners decided the fate of over 32 million pounds of asphalt when it voted to approve the list of roads to be paved in 2021 at its last meeting on Tuesday, Oct.

Lumpkin County 4-H and VCA Chestatee Animal Hospital are teaming up to stop the spread.
Of rabies, that is.

A sewer leak sent city employees scrambling on a recent weekend as they worked to contain and repair a spill that spewed an estimated 5,000 gallons into a tributary of Cane Creek, according to Dahl

You've waited all year and it's finally here!

By Matt Aiken & Dave Williams
The Nugget and Capitol Beat reports

Lumpkin County High School hosted the 2020 Mountain Raider Challenge on Saturday.

114 years.
That's how long it has been since since miners labored to discover gold ore underground at one of Dahlonega's most popular historical sites.

Sitting at the starting line with his family as other riders packed in on all sides, minutes away from the start of the Three Gap Fifty, Jose Muhina was feeling “a little nervous.”