A team of volunteers from the Old Fashioned Christmas Committee, along with City of Dahlonega employees, adorned the downtown tree with homemade decorations. Big crowds are expected in downtown Dahlonega for the annual Lighting of the Square this Friday. Local activities will last throughout the Christmas season.

More and more listeners are catching on to Crime to Burn, a true crime podcast hosted by Dahlonega residents Leland Brand and April Musser.

Blue 42 Market and Blue 42 Organics co-owner Henry Ostaszewski inspects a cannabis bud outside his business on South Chestatee Street. The facility is licensed for growing and storage under current state law, and he hopes to obtain a processing license in the future.

The team of Well Made Dahlonega affiliated "elves" making the Children of All Ages Tree possible include, from left, Thomas Scanlin, Tommye Scanlin, Diana Robles, Lily Vander Veen, Megan Noble, Leah Basso, Lucy Basso, Levi Hansard, Charlotte Sessions and Baymax Sessions.

It was standing-room only in City Hall on Monday as local residents expressed their concerns about a proposed townhome development off Highway 60.

LCHS Spanish Teacher Adam Rambin was able to take 36 students to the Plaza Fiesta Latin American Mall on Buford Highway at the end of October thanks to a grant award from the Lumpkin County Education Foundation.

Local voters cast their ballots last week for the Dahlonega City Council race and state-wide special election for the Public Service Commission.

The murder of Herman Wilder was front page news in the May 30, 2001 edition of The Dahlonega Nugget.

Lumpkin County High School’s football team will face some new opponents in the 2026/2027 school year after GHSA reclassification.

Pictured at the local Student Outreach Center are (from left) Coordinator Makenzy Horne, LBES Family Advocate Patricia Jarvis, CES & LCMS Family Advocate Taylor Anderson, Lumpkin County Family Connections Director Brigette Barker and Backpack Buddies Attendant Jennifer Trotter.