Lumpkin County voters will choose between incumbent Stacy Jarrard and challenger Matt Cook in the race for sheriff.
A fire team of Rangers from the U.S. Army’s 5th Ranger Training Battalion demonstrate a “fast rope” insertion from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Frank D. Merrill on Saturday.
This year’s BOC chairman race is between incumbent Chris Dockery and challenger Steve Shaw.
UNG President Michael Shannon and First Lady Jessica Shannon lead the way through the new gates on the drill field in Dahlonega. (Photo courtesy of UNG)
A proposed Watershed Protection Area depicts the 400 Corridor shaded in light blue. Bodies of water in the overlapping “Minimum Sewer Service Area” must be monitored to comply with permitting requirements for the Cane Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Matthew Cootware, incumbent Bobby Mayfield, and Jeramy Nye are all vying for the Lumpkin County Board of Commissioners District 2 seat. The Nugget caught up with each candidate for a Q&A.
A public hearing was held on Courthouse Hill last week to amend Chapter 27, Sec. 2.2.3 of the County Code of Ordinances to allow hotel/motel activity in restricted development areas.
Pictured, from left, Lumpkin Literacy Chair Emeritus Geoffrey Kridel, UNG First Lady Jessica Shannon, UNG President Michael Shannon, Lumpkin Literacy Chair Caroline Smith, and Dr. Brian Corrigan were all smiles as UNG presented a check for $5,000 to Lumpkin Literacy. (Photo by Keith Murden / The Nugget)
City Attorney Doug Parks explains an unusual voting procedure to members of the Dahlonega Planning Commission.
The blue circled area in this aerial photo shows a possible site for a new recycling and household garbage center near the Transfer Station. The dark line represents the boundary of the capped landfill area.
