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Before lining up at the podium, meeting attendees listened intently to the county commissioners discuss land use in Lumpkin.

Before lining up at the podium, meeting attendees listened intently to the county commissioners discuss land use in Lumpkin.

Land plan debated at lively county meeting

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
In front of a packed meeting room Thursday afternoon Lumpkin County Chairman Chris Dockery made a bold promise. “We want to give everybody an opportunity to speak,” he said. “I’m not going to cut anybody off. I don’t have a timer.
Brad Blazek

Brad Blazek

Blazek blazes trail as Wounded Warrior writer

Matt Aiken
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Wounded Warrior Brad Blazek is a writer on a mission to help families dealing with the aftermath of brain injuries. He knows a thing or two about this since the retired Army Captain and father of two suffered such an injury during a 2007 rocket attack in Iraq.
Santa Letters

Santa Letters

• LETTERS TO SANTA: Second graders make their lists

News Staff
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
This week Lumpkin County second graders are sharing their Christmas wishes with Ol’ St. Nick and Nugget readers. In the print edition and E-edition the letters are included in a double special section (in most cases, letters are published as written.
New head football coach Heath Webb, his wife Jesi, and their children Josie, Abbie Kate and Thomas are getting ready to move back to Lumpkin County.

New head football coach Heath Webb, his wife Jesi, and their children Josie, Abbie Kate and Thomas are getting ready to move back to Lumpkin County.

New head coach named for LCHS football

Jake Cantrell
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Just beyond the welcome sign that sits at the end of Highway 400, the future of Lumpkin County football was decided Monday morning in a Waffle House booth over two sausage, egg and cheese bowls.
Lumpkin County’s Chief Registrar and Elections Manager has been arrested and charged with theft by taking Thursday evening.

Lumpkin County’s Chief Registrar and Elections Manager has been arrested and charged with theft by taking Thursday evening.

BREAKING NEWS: Lumpkin County Elections Manager charged in $400,000 theft

Matt Aiken
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Lumpkin County’s Chief Registrar and Elections Manager has been arrested after an investigation revealed her involvement in the theft of more than $400,000 worth of funds designated for charity, according to a release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Justin Morales Soriano goes in for a hug with Nigel the Nighthawk, UNG's mascot, while friends (from left) Cooper McKee, Nathan Hester, Maddox Davis and Ethan Richards watch and laugh along.

Justin Morales Soriano goes in for a hug with Nigel the Nighthawk, UNG's mascot, while friends (from left) Cooper McKee, Nathan Hester, Maddox Davis and Ethan Richards watch and laugh along.

Fifth graders shoot for field trip fun at UNG basketball game

Jake Cantrell
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
For one day, the fifth graders at all three of Lumpkin County’s elementary schools had their curriculum slightly modified from the classic “Three R’s” to something a little more sweat-inducing. Running, rebounding and rally cries.
The City Council voted to adopt the name “police department” to provide clarity regarding the duties of the office, said Mayor Sam Norton.

The City Council voted to adopt the name “police department” to provide clarity regarding the duties of the office, said Mayor Sam Norton.

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Marshal’s office will become Dahlonega police department

Jennifer Ramsay
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
The Dahlonega Marshal’s Office is officially rebranding as the Dahlonega Police Department. The city council voted to approve the name change at a recent called meeting, just weeks after the new Chief Marshal, George Albert, officially took up duties.
Lumpkin County Administration Building

Lumpkin County Administration Building

Gun range targets county with lawsuit

Jake Cantrell
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Lumpkin County is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit filed by the owners of The Complete Combatant after their self defense business was ordered to cease all training that involved shooting at the Porter Springs gun range.
UNG students Cagney Collins and Boston Sundstrom paint the hallway of the new observatory. The observatory is open to the public every clear Friday and Saturday night.

UNG students Cagney Collins and Boston Sundstrom paint the hallway of the new observatory. The observatory is open to the public every clear Friday and Saturday night.

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UNG observatory mural blends realism and abstract

Jennifer Ramsay
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The new University of North Georgia Astronomical Observatory is getting a paint job, provided by its own students.
Caleb Sorrell's officially stepped down as the head coach of the LCHS football team on Monday.

Caleb Sorrell's officially stepped down as the head coach of the LCHS football team on Monday.

Sorrells steps down as LCHS head football coach

Jake Cantrell
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
In a called meeting of the Lumpkin County Board of Education Monday, among other business, the board voted to accept the resignation of Lumpkin County High School head coach Caleb Sorrells. Sorrells came to coach the Indians in 2019 after serving as an assistant at Stephens County High School.