GBI PRESS RELEASE HALL COUNTY, Ga. — On Monday, July 8, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) to investigate an officer involved shooting that resulted in the death of Hall County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicolas Dixon, age 28. Preliminary information indicates that on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at […]
Read More »Board of Commissioners will hold rare Tuesday meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Etowah Water and Sewer Authority General Manager Brooke Anderson will bring some welcome news to the Dawson County Board of Commissioners work session Tuesday (July 2). The meeting begins at 4 p.m. in the Government Center. In an effort to support the expanding opportunities offered to the senior citizens of Dawson County, […]
Read More »City council set to adopt FY 2019-20 budget
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. –Dawsonville City Council is set to approve a resolution to adopt the $7,006,090 FY 2019-2020 budget during the regular meeting Monday (June 3) at 5:30 p.m. in the G.L. Gilleland Council Chambers. The general fund revenue and expenditures are balanced at $2,174,484. SPLOST VI revenue is projected to be $1,812,812, an increase […]
Read More »Dawson Co. teachers gain insight into local industry
PRESS RELEASE DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — A select group of Dawson County teachers participated in the inaugural Dawson Discovery Tour on Wednesday. Dawson Discovery Tour, an initiative of the Dawson County Chamber’s business and workforce development committee, was created to bring local industry leaders together with academic teachers to better understand the skills, needs and opportunities […]
Read More »Car crashes into offices in Town Center Shopping Center
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — A car drove through a building in the Dawsonville Town Center (Food Lion Shopping Center on Main Street at approximately 12:48 p.m. Troopers from the Cumming Post of the Georgia State Patrol were dispatched to a crash involving a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta driven by 71-year-old Rita Lynett Gayton, from Dawsonville. Gayton was […]
Read More »GBI investigates death of Dawson County Detention Center inmate
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into the death of an inmate at the Dawson County Detention Center Monday (April 8). Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson confirmed via email that Joseph Michael Bishop, 57, of Dawsonville was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 11:.47 a.m. “Deputies and Emergency […]
Read More »Tanner, Gooch discuss bills passed in 2019 General Assembly
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Sen. Steve Gooch of Dahlonega and State Rep. Kevin Tanner of Dawsonville were the featured speakers at last night’s Dawson County Republican Party Meeting at the Bowen Arts Center. Gooch represents 200,000 north Georgia residents, including those in Dawson, White, Lumpkin, Union and Forsyth counties. The district is made up of about […]
Read More »Rep. Collins calls on Nadler to invite Mueller testimony
WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today (April 8) sent a letter to Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) calling on him to invite Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the committee. Collins letter stated: “ . . . I write encouraging you to invite Special Counsel Robert S. […]
Read More »Gooch, Tanner will be featured speakers at GOP meeting
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — State Senator Steve Gooch and State Rep. Kevin Tanner will be the featured speakers when the Dawson County Republican Party meets Monday (April 8) at 7 p.m. in the Bowen Arts Center. This will be the first meeting since the election of a new slate of officers at the County Convention. The […]
Read More »Commissioners will vote on new meeting schedule Thursday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Commissioners will vote Thursday on a proposal brought to the Board by Chairman Billy Thurmond that would limit commission meetings to just two days a week when they meet Thursday at 6 p.m. in the County Government Building. In the past Dawson County commissioners have held meetings four times a […]
Read More »DeSoto Falls Observation Deck reconstructed
LUMPKIN COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Forest Service, Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, along with partners and volunteers, completed reconstruction of the DeSoto Falls Waterfall Observation Deck near Blood Mountain in Lumpkin County on March 18. Following Hurricane Irma damage to the observation deck, the Forest Service requested emergency funds from […]
Read More »County Commissioners consider changing meeting schedule
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — In the past Dawson County commissioners have held meetings four times a month but that could change to twice monthly if they decide to adopt the proposal discussed at Thursday’s work session. Currently, the Board holds work sessions on the first and third Thursday each month and a voting sessions on the […]
Read More »Sen. Steve Gooch update from the state capitol
ATLANTA — We concluded week ten on Friday and now just have one full week before Sine Die on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. With four legislative days to go and one committee work day, we have a lot of work to do before our time under the Gold Dome comes to an end for the […]
Read More »Voting machine bill passes Georgia Senate
ATLANTA — State Rep. Kevin Tanner (R-Dawsonville) must have been pleased when he heard the Georgia Senate passed a bill Wednesday to purchase new voting machines that will print paper ballots, something he has worked hard for. The bill passed 35-21, along party lines and now goes back to the House, which passed a previous […]
Read More »Collins applauds House passage of Georgia Land Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) released the following statement after the House passed the Natural Resources Management Act, which will expand the Ocmulgee National Monument, Fort Frederica National Monument, and Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park in Georgia. “Public lands bring immeasurable value to Georgia’s history and economy. By expanding and protecting three historic sites in […]
Read More »Gov. Kemp announce smartphone app for youth in crisis
Atlanta — Governor Brian P. Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp, and state officials announced a new mobile application to support the Georgia Crisis and Access Line (GCAL), a 24/7 hotline offering free and confidential access to services for mental illness, substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities last week. “Traveling across the state, Marty and I […]
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