Bill Johnson

Commissioners Table Comp Plan for Two Weeks

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- Dawson County Commissioners decided they need more time to study the classification and compensation plan proposed by…

10 years ago

Taxpayer Bills Go Up When County Employees Leave for Higher Paying Jobs in Other Counties

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- Dawson County officials say more than 400 county employees have left for greener pastures in the last…

10 years ago

Walmart Evacuated After Bomb Threat Sunday

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson confirmed Monday afternoon that it was a bomb threat that led to…

10 years ago

Commissioners Review GDOT Roundabout Proposal

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will review a proposal by the Georgia Department of Transportation to…

10 years ago

Child Dies of Injuries in Wednesday Car Wreck

DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The 2-year-old child injured in an automobile accident in Dawson County Wednesday has died. Georgia State…

9 years ago

Drowning Victim Was a Dawson County Man

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Authorities have identified the man who drowned at War Hill Park Tuesday as David Howser, 55, of…

9 years ago

County Will Get 65 “Gently Used” Voting Machines

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The county’s aging voting machines are about to be replaced. The machines have been in use for…

9 years ago

County Employees Health Insurance Cost Increases

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Thursday to increase by five percent the amount county…

9 years ago

Rain Did Not Dampen Memorial Day Spirit

“I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free And I won’t forget the men who…

9 years ago

Dawson County Economy is Booming in 2017

  DAWSONVILLE Ga. – The economic doldrums of the past 10 years appear to be over in Dawson County. Charlie…

9 years ago

Expect Delays on Harmony Church Road Wednesday

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Those who commute from the Sardis/Price Road/Harmony Church Road area in north Hall to reach Ga. 400…

9 years ago

BOC Hears Request for New Staffer in Planning Dept.

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – With a 41 percent increase in traffic in the last year and a 32 percent increase in…

9 years ago

Commissioners Vote on Budget Amendment Thursday

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will vote on a $374,440.42 increase in the Fiscal Year 2017…

10 years ago

City Council to Decide on Request to Relax Noise and Light Restrictions at Atlanta Motorsports Park

  DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Dawsonville City Council will meet Monday, Apil 3 at 5 p.m. in the G.L. “Pete”…

10 years ago

County Commission Work Session Scheduled Thursday

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will have a very full agenda for Thursday's Work Session, which…

10 years ago

Commissioners Authorize GDOT Letter of Support

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) could begin work immediately on access controls where Ga. Hwy. 400…

10 years ago