DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County Emergency Services Director Danny Thompson presented the county’s updated Hazardous Mitigation Plan at the Board of Commissioners work session Thursday. The plan is a revision of the 2012 version and ensures Dawson County is in compliance with the regulations of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 that allows the county […]
Read More »Two county departments ask for budget cuts
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County officials are walking that fine line between trying to reduce the cost of government and providing the quality services citizens expect. Two more departments presented budget requests for 2019 that reduce their operational expense during Thursday’s budget hearing. Several others asked for modest increases. County Manager David Headley asked for […]
Read More »Dawson County department heads present their 2019 budget requests to Board of Commissioners
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – After months of preparation, Dawson County’s department heads presented their 2019 budget requests to the Board of Commissioners Monday. Commissioners scrutinized every line item in search of efficiencies that would save tax payer dollars. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Gosselin, Tax Commissioner Nicole Stewart, Development Authority Director Brian Trapnell, Human Resource Director Danielle […]
Read More »Resurfacing of Hwy. 369 and Ga. 400 to cause delays Monday through Wednesday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Katie Strickland of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) says the intersection of Browns Bridge Road (SR 369) and Georgia 400 (SR 400) will be closed to traffic Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to allow a resurfacing project to be completed quickly before the school year begins. The work will require traffic to be detoured from 9 […]
Read More »Sen. Steve Gooch issues press release in support of Casey Cagle for governor
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — On July 24th, it is vitally important that we cast our ballots for a strong leader who is prepared to be our state’s next CEO. As your state senator, I want you to know that I’m 100% behind Casey Cagle for governor. I have served with him for 8 years in the […]
Read More »Pickup truck crashes into building on Hwy. 53
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – On Friday, June 29, a 2001 GMC Sierra driven by 36-year-old Jeremy Robert Kittle of Dahlonega was traveling east on Highway 53 in Dawson County when it crossed the middle lane and ran into a building at 300 Dawson Commons Circle. Neither the driver nor his passenger, Jessica Kittle, 33, nor anyone […]
Read More »Yarbrough earns certification as HR manager
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dawson County Human Resources Director Danielle Yarbrough has been recognized as a Certified Human Resources Manager (CHRM) by the Georgia Local Government Personnel Association (GLGPA). Yarbrough, who served as Dawson County Clerk for six years before being named Human Resources Director in January, received the certification last month from GLGPA during their […]
Read More »Multi-employer job fair July 18 in Dawsonville
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — The Goodwill Career Center will hold a multi-employer job fair Wednesday, July 18 from 10 a.m. until noon at 66 South 400 Center Lane, in Dawsonville. This is a great opportunity to meet with hiring managers of over 20 local businesses (including Amicalola State Park, Big Canoe, BOS Medical Staffing, Chick-Fil-A, Etcon […]
Read More »CPA firm Rushton Company declares Dawson County is in good financial shape
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Chris Hollifield of the certified public accounting firm of Rushton Company presented the results of the firm’s 2017 audit during Thursday’s Dawson County Board of Commissioners work session and declared the county to be in “good financial shape.” Highlights of the audit included these statements: Government assets exceed liabilities at the close […]
Read More »Sen. Gooch, Rep. Tanner will be waiting tables at Celebrity Waiter Breakfast fundraiser Friday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Public service will take on a whole new meaning at the 10th annual Celebrity Waiter Breakfast Friday morning at Longhorn Steakhouse on Ga. 400. State Senator Steve Gooch, State Rep Kevin Tanner, Sheriff Jeff Johnson and a host of county commissioners and school board members as well as members of the Dawson […]
Read More »Dawson County remembers on Memorial Day
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The gray sky and drizzling rain that fell Monday morning lent an even more sober note to the day as 150 or so people attended the Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park. Members of the Dawson County High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) raised the American flag and […]
Read More »UPDATE: Fatal school bus accident
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – A rain-soaked highway and a hydroplaning vehicle that slammed into a Hall County school bus Wednesday caused the death of a 13-year-old Dawsonville girl and serious injuries to her father and young brother. That is the assessment of Sgt. Auston Allen of the Georgia State Patrol who investigated the incident. A 1995 […]
Read More »One student killed, 20 injured in school bus crash
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — A Dawson County teenager was killed this morning and 20 students injured when a passenger car ran head-on into a Hall County school bus on Thompson Bridge Road in Hall County. The deceased student has been identified as Summer Faith Anderson, 13, a seventh-grader at Dawson County Middle School who was in […]
Read More »Hill says he would beat Cagle in a runoff
DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Former U.S. Army Ranger and Georgia State Senator Hunter Hill predicted Wednesday he would defeat Lt. Governor Casey Cagle in a runoff for the state’s highest office. About 30 people greeted Hill when his “Battle-Tested Leadership Bus Tour” RV pulled in at Smokin’ Gold BBQ on Main Street. Hill took time to […]
Read More »Dawson County hit by ransomware attack
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack. County officials have confirmed that some of the county’s computer systems have been compromised. At this time, no personal data appears to have been compromised. This is the same kind of attack that struck the City of Atlanta and cost the […]
Read More »Commissioners set public hearing for changes to alcohol ordinance
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — Dawson County Commissioners voted 3-0, with Commissioner Jimmy Hamby absent, last week to move forward with a public hearing on potential changes to the county’s alcohol ordinance May 3. As a result of changes made at the state level, computers in the county’s Tax Commissioners office are no longer compatible with the […]
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