URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 236 PM EST Sun Jan 27 2019 Counties include: Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Whitfield-Murray-Fannin-Gilmer-Union-Towns- Chattooga-Gordon-Pickens-Dawson-Lumpkin-White-Floyd-Bartow- Cherokee-Forsyth-Hall-Polk-Paulding-Cobb-North Fulton-Gwinnett- Haralson-Carroll-Douglas-South Fulton-DeKalb-Heard-Coweta-Fayette- Clayton- Including the cities of Calhoun, Dahlonega, Cleveland, Rome, Cartersville, Gainesville, Marietta, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Carrollton, Douglasville, East Point, Decatur, Newnan, and Peachtree City 236 PM EST Sun Jan 27 […]
Read More »Citizen Stowers has recommendations for Board of Commissioners
Speaking during the Public Comments portion of Thursday’s Dawson County Board of Commission meeting, a long-time resident Hugh Stowers offered a number of recommendation for commissioners to consider. Commissioner Julie Hughes-Nix felt many of the recommendations were sound and she thanked Stowers. She also suggested the Board take his recommendations under consideration then meet back […]
Read More »BOC needs more time to finalize comp plan
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners held one final public hearing on the 2018 comprehensive plan Thursday. The plan is one of the county’s most important documents because it provides elected officials with a road map to use in planning the county’s future. It was developed after months of gathering public input […]
Read More »Dawson gets first look at Pickens IGA proposal counters with key modifications
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Officials in Dawson and Pickens counties, who have been working to re-write a 10-year old intergovernmental agreement (IGA) in an effort to get Fire Station No. 8 in the Wildcat Community operating again, exchanged first drafts Wednesday. The station was effectively closed earlier this month when the 13 firefighters – all volunteers […]
Read More »UPDATE: Two killed in crash on Ga. Hwy. 400 Monday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Ga. Hwy. 400 near Henry Grady Highway in Dawson County Monday. According to the Georgia State Patrol incident report, at approximately 1:32 p.m. a 2003 Lincoln Town Car was traveling south on Ga. Hwy. 400 in the left lane. A 2015 Chevrolet Silverado was […]
Read More »Pickens Co. decision to train volunteer firefighters violates a 10-year agreement with Dawson County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – What has been a simmering disagreement between Dawson and Pickens counties for months, erupted into something far more serious Monday when it was learned that Pickens County Commission Chairman Rob Jones plans to violate an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that has existed between the two counties since 2008. Jones has made it clear […]
Read More »Advanced voting is under way in Dawson County
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Just when you thought you had escaped the political season, early voting is underway once again with two statewide races at stake in the Dec. 4 General Election. In the race for Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger is running against Democrat John Barrow. Raffensperger received 49.09 percent of the vote in […]
Read More »Commissioners hold work session Thanksgiving Eve
DAWSONVILLE Ga. – On Thanksgiving Eve, Dawson County Commissioners were asked to consider a number of grant applications during the work session. Dawson County Chief Deputy Greg Rowan presented a request for a K-9 grant extension for the Sheriff’s Office. The county has received this grant for several years. The current K-9 grant ended June […]
Read More »Kemp to resign as secretary of state at noon
ATLANTA – Republican Brian Kemp announced that he will officially resign as secretary of state at 11:59 a.m. today and begin the transition to become Georgia’s next governor immediately. Kemp is currently the state’s top elections official. Governor Nathan Deal will then appoint commissioner of the Department of Human Services Robyn Crittenden secretary of state, […]
Read More »Dawsonville woman who died in Sunday fire identified
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County Emergency Services Director Danny Thompson has identified the woman who died in a mobile home fire Sunday as 64-year-old Carol Smith of Dawsonville. Dawson County Emergency Services responded to the fire just before 1 a.m. at 15 Gal-a-gina Drive where they discovered a single-wide trailer on fire. Med 1 […]
Read More »One person dies in Dawson County fire Sunday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A Dawson County woman died in a residential fire early Sunday morning. Dawson County Emergency Services responded to a mobile home fire just before 1 a.m.at 15 Gal-a-gina Drive where they discovered a single-wide trailer on fire. Med 1 entered the structure operating on a rescue mode and located a female victim […]
Read More »Sugar Hill woman dies in crash on Ga. 400
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A Sugar Hill woman was killed and a Gainesville man injured in a two-vehicle crash near the intersection of Ga. 400 South and Dawsonville Highway today. Sgt. Casey Coffee, Assistant Commander of Georgia State Patrol Post 37 in Cumming, reports that Sherri Deal, 55, was traveling north on GA 400 in the […]
Read More »BOC to vote on adjustment to coroner’s budget
DAWSONVILLE, Ga – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on Coroner Ted Bearden’s request for funding for one additional deputy coroner position beginning on Oct. 1 when it meets in a regular session Thursday at 6 p.m. in the County Administration Building. The position has been approved for the 2019 budget, […]
Read More »Coroner seeks increase to cover morgue expense
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Coroner Ted Bearden will request an additional $8,000 for his 2018 budget to cover morgue expenses and $3,876 to cover the fourth-quarter salary and benefits package for a deputy coroner when the Dawson County Board of Commissioners meets for a Thursday work session at 4 p.m. Bearden says his office was budgeted […]
Read More »Commissioners set millage rate, impact fees
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County’s 2019 millage rate is set at 8.138. During Thursday’s third and final public hearing, commissioners voted 3-1 to keep the rate the same as it has been for the last 10 years. The rollback rate of 7.393 would have generated the same amount of revenue as it has in 2018. […]
Read More »Commission to set millage rate, impact fees
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Commissioners have two important issues to decide during Thursday’s Board of Commissioners meeting: The millage rate and impact fees. The millage rate is set for the third of three required public hearings. Commissioners could vote to keep the current millage rate 8.138, apply the rollback rate of 7.393 mills or […]
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