DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners will hold the first public hearing on a proposed 2019 budget of $27,130,089 Thursday (Oct. 3) at 6 p.m. in the County Administration Building. Commission Chairman Billy Thurmond will present the proposed budget which includes 23 new employees –19 full-time and four part-time. The full-time positions […]
Read More »Kemp bus tour starts in Dawsonville Monday
DAWSONVILE, Ga. – Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp will kick off his 27-day, across-the-state, “Putting Georgians First” bus tour in Dawson County Monday morning. Kemp will greet supporters at 8:30 am. at John Megel Chevrolet, 1392 Ga. Hwy. 400 South to start a busy week of connecting Georgia voters. In announcing the tour, Kemp said, […]
Read More »DCHS football team under fire for pre-game prayer
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County High School’s football team has come under fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) for allowing a pastor to lead a pre-game locker room prayer. The FFRF has filed a complaint with the Dawson County School System asking the pastor, Russell Davis of the Etowah Church, be removed from […]
Read More »Dawson County observes Patriots Day
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people died when terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and an open field in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, the 17th anniversary of the horrific terrorist attack, people […]
Read More »County receives health and wellbeing grant
PRESS RELEASE For more information: Kristen Cloud 706-344-3501 [email protected] Dawsonville, Ga. – Dawson County has been awarded the ACCG – Group Health Benefits Program Health Promotion & Wellbeing Grant by ACCG, Georgia’s County Association. The grant will be used to fund flu shots for county employees. Dawson County is one of 36 members to receive […]
Read More »Seniors react to $750,000 grant: “Praise the Lord”
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — “Praise the Lord.” That was the reaction to Senior Center Director Dawn Pruett’s announcement this afternoon that Dawson County has been selected to receive a $750,000 state grant to help construct and furnish a new senior center. “I just announced it 30 minutes ago,” an excited Pruett said Friday. “I am so […]
Read More »Dawson County Jr. High student charged with making terroristic threats
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – An unidentified 15-year-old student at Dawson County Junior High School was taken into custody Friday (Aug. 10) morning, charged with making terroristic threats and one count of transmitting a public alarm. Dawson County School System Superintendent Dr. Damon Gibbs said via email today the threat was reported Thursday afternoon and the student […]
Read More »Dawson County to hold departmental budget hearings next two weeks
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – A process that often goes unnoticed by the public, but which plays a key role in how tax dollars get spent will play out over the next two weeks when Dawson County’s department heads appear before the Board of Commissioners to request funding for their departments. The hearings begin Monday and will […]
Read More »BOC holds public hearing on millage rate Thursday
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County citizens are invited to express their opinions when the Board of Commissioners holds the first of three public hearings on setting the millage rate Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Administration Building at 25 Justice Way. Commissioners have publicly announced their intention to leave the current millage rate unchanged at […]
Read More »Drug task force deputy commander is arrested; Some criminal cases may have to be dropped
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The arrest last week of Charles Daniel Hamrick, a Pickens County deputy and deputy commander of the Zell Miller Mountain Parkway Drug Task Force, could lead Dawson Count District Attorney Lee Darragh to drop the charges against some criminal defendants where Hamrick’s testimony is critical. Hamrick was arrested on July 24 […]
Read More »Kemp wins GOP nomination in a landslide
ATLANTA, Ga. – A bruising, no-holds-barred campaign between Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp for the Republican nomination for governor ended in the equivalent of an election night knockout with Kemp the winner. With 78 percent of the vote tallied, Kemp more than doubled Cagle’s vote total with 356,205 to 156,592. […]
Read More »President Trump endorses Kemp for governor
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. Presidential Donald Trump took to Twitter today to let Georgia voters know that he supports Secretary of State Brian Kemp to become the state’s next governor. “Brian is tough on crime, strong on the border and illegal immigration. He loves our Military and our Vets and protects our Second Amendment. I give him […]
Read More »BOC says no to smaller lot sizes in Chestatee
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners unanimously denied a request by Brian Ferris and Chestatee Development Corporation to amend Chestatee subdivision’s Master Plan during Tuesday’s meeting. Ferris wanted to change the master plan that called for lots in the Linkside section to have 100 foot widths to allow 70-foot widths to accommodate […]
Read More »GSP gearing up for holiday travel period
ATLANTA—Georgia State Troopers are gearing up for the July Fourth holiday travel period. The holiday period begins at 6 p.m. today (July 3) and lasts for 30 hours, ending at 11:59 p.m. on July Fourth. Last year, the holiday period was 102 hours long. The Georgia State Patrol investigated 645 traffic crashes that resulted in 323 […]
Read More »Charges pending on driver of Malibu that was involved in a four-vehicle crash that injured six
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia State Patrol released a report today (June 25) that indicates charges are pending against the driver of a Chevrolet Malibu that was involved in a four-vehicle crash on State Road 53 Thursday that resulted in serious injuries to six people. Sergeant First Class Curtis W. Bradshaw of the Georgia State […]
Read More »BOC delays vote on Chestatee variance
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – The Dawson County Board of Commissioners tabled a variance request by Chestatee Development Corporation Thursday to gain a better understanding of the legal complexities surrounding the issue. The petitioner has asked for a variance to the master plan for Chestatee subdivision that would allow Brian Ferris, the property owner, to build lots […]
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