The local County, City and School System have the option of opting out of the new floating homestead exemption.

Investigators were reportedly able to unearth a sizable stash of methamphetamine and other drugs at the Old Dahlonega Highway residence of Tony Sullens earlier this month.

First grade teacher Allison Head has been selected as the 2025 Teacher of the Year representing Cottrell Elementary School. Her teaching philosophy involves leveraging students’ own interests to engage them with the curriculum.

A computer-generated image provided by The Wilbert Group depicts some of the amenities expected to occupy the 110-acre DiVine Village RV resort located on Town Creek Church Road.

The 2024 Community Helping Place Christmas in Dahlonega Collector’s Ornament has been revealed. This year’s ornament will depict the historic 1884 Lumpkin County Jail. (Photo by John Bynum)

Filming is taking place in downtown Dahlonega and along Damascus Church Road in Lumpkin County this week for the upcoming Netflix mini-series His & Hers.

Timothy McCain is airlifted from the Chattahoochee National Forest by rescuers via Black Hawk helicopter after five days in the wilderness. (Photo provided by Union County Emergency Services)

Visitors take in The Wall That Heals during a recent stop in Dahlonega on the campus of the University of North Georgia.

UNG senior Emma Chester released her first self-published novel, No Such Happily Ever Afters, on November 1.

Veteran model railroader Tom Robinson will be giving the public an opportunity to view his remarkable S gauge train layout on Saturday, November 23 during the annual Piedmont Pilgrimage open house.