PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — The National Weather Service at Peachtree City issued the following Hazardous Weather Outlook for portions of North and Central Georgia Monday Nov. 30, including: Baldwin-Banks-Barrow-Bartow-Bibb-Bleckley-Butts-Carroll-Catoosa-Chattahoochee-Chattooga-Cherokee-Clarke-Clayton-Cobb-Coweta-Crawford-Crisp-Dade-Dawson-DeKalb-Dodge-Dooly-Douglas-Emanuel-Fannin-Fayette-Floyd-Forsyth-Gilmer-Glascock-Gordon-Greene-Gwinnett-Hall-Hancock-Haralson-Harris-Heard-Henry-Houston-Jackson-Jasper-Jefferson-Johnson-Jones-Lamar-Laurens-Lumpkin-Macon-Madison-Marion-Meriwether-Monroe-Montgomery-Morgan-Murray-Muscogee-Newton-North Fulton-Oconee-Oglethorpe-Paulding-Peach-Pickens-Pike-Polk-Pulaski-Putnam-Rockdale-Schley-South Fulton-Spalding-Stewart-Sumter-Talbot-Taliaferro-Taylor-Telfair-Toombs-Towns-Treutlen-Troup-Twiggs-Union-Upson-Walker-Walton-Warren-Washington-Webster-Wheeler-White-Whitfield-Wilcox-Wilkes-Wilkinson. Winds are increasing across north and central Georgia and breezy conditions will continue through the early afternoon hours. West to northwest winds between 15 […]
Read More »State Senate committee will meet Thursday to evaluate Georgia’s voting process
ATLANTA (December 1, 2020) | The leadership of the state Senate, including Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), Majority Leader Mike Dugan (R – Carrollton), Majority Whip Steve Gooch (R – Dahlonega), Majority Caucus Chairman John F. Kennedy (R – Macon), Majority Caucus Vice Chairman Larry Walker (R – Perry) and Majority Caucus Secretary […]
Read More »Gainesville man injured in crash on SR 53
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – A Gainesville man was seriously injured today in a three-vehicle accident on SR 53 at approximately 11 a.m. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, a 2019 Peterbilt tractor trailer driven by Tony Thomason, 50, of Salisbury was traveling eastbound on SR 53 near Amicalola Forest Drive while negotiating a downhill […]
Read More »Moore leaving Dawson County Chamber of Commerce
PRESS RELEASE DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Christi Moore announced today that she will resign as President of the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and will become President and CEO of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber in January. In making the announcement, Moore said, “It has been my absolute privilege and honor to serve as your […]
Read More »City appoints Jonah Howell solicitor
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — During an abbreviated 30-regular meeting and work session, the Dawsonville City Council unanimously appointed Jonah Howell city solicitor Monday. The appointment followed an executive session an agenda amendment. Howell has served as acting attorney for the City Council on several occasions and is currently the solicitor for the City of Cumming. Council […]
Read More »Edna Noblin Road abandonment tabled for now
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Approximately two-thirds of last week’s hour-long Board of Commissioners voting session was devoted to a discussion of the possible abandonment of Edna Noblin Road with one speaker in favor of the abandonment and one opposed. The isolated road off Ga. 400 has a long history of being a dump site and […]
Read More »Request for grants, awarding of road work bid highlights work session
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – The Board of Commissioners held a work session Thursday (Nov.5) in the County Administration Building. Items discussed during the meeting include: A request by Fire Chief and Emergency Services Director Danny Thompson to apply for a Georgia Emergency Management Agency grant in the amount of $15,568 which requires a 50 percent […]
Read More »Fire Chief asks City Council to remember fire, EMS during upcoming SPLOST negotiations
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – As city and county officials begin meeting to discuss how special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) revenue will be divided in the coming year, Dawson County Fire Chief and EMA Director Danny Thompson appeared at Monday’s City Council meeting to ask for funding help for his department.” “We need your help […]
Read More »Loeffler’s All About America tour visits Gainesville
HALL COUNTY, Ga. – Former U.S. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley joined Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) when the senator’s All About Georgia tour stopped at Curt’s Cafeteria in Flowery Branch Friday. Gov. Brian Kemp appointed Loeffler to fill the unexpired term of Sen. Johnny Isakson, who resigned due to health reasons. She is […]
Read More »Collins says when dust clears Wednesday he and Warnock will be in a runoff
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) brought his campaign for the U.S. Senate to the steps of Dawsonville Gun and Pawn Friday. It was the fourth stop of the day on a long 17-day, 60 city bus tour that spanned 4,000 miles. But if the former preacher was growing tired, it didn’t show. Speaking […]
Read More »City Council will make appointments to Planning Commission and Historic Commission
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. — City Council will make appointments to the Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission when it meets in regular session at 5 p.m. Monday (Oct. 2) I the G.L. Gilleland Council Chambers on 2nd Floor at City Hall. Dawson County Fire Chief Danny Thompson will provide an overview of the Dawson County Fire […]
Read More »Dawson County under Tropical Storm Warning, County offices on two-hour delay
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Due to anticipated bad weather from the remnants of Hurricane Zeta, the County Manager David Headley has issued a two-hour delay for Dawson County Government Offices, not including the courts, for Thursday, October 29. Please confirm with the Clerk of Courts office regarding their hours. Their website is: http://www.dawsonclerkofcourt.net/ and phone […]
Read More »Tropical Storm Warning closes Dawson County Schools Thursday
“The NWS has placed Dawson County under a Tropical Storm Warning. We are expecting 2-4″ (up to 6″) of additional rainfall and 20-40mph sustained winds (40-60mph gusts) between 3am and noon tomorrow. These conditions will make morning transportation unsafe for both students and staff. Dawson County Schools will be closed for students and staff on Thursday, […]
Read More »Eagle Scout candidates present projects to city
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Monday’s City Council meeting was highlighted by two young Eagle Scout candidates who presented their proposed projects to city council. Christopher Parker Hartley unveiled plans for a dog park at Main Street Park that included signage, play equipment, dog toys, water spigot, sanitation cleanup station and planted trees. The estimated cost […]
Read More »4,075 Dawson County voters voted in person last week
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Dawson County is well on its way to setting a record for voting in a presidential election. During the first week of in-person voting, 4,075 Dawson Countians cast their ballot. If the next two weeks are anything like the first, voters should easily shatter the old record of 6,329 set in […]
Read More »First-day advanced voting turnout more than doubles 2016 first-day record
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Dawson County Republican Party Chairwoman Seannie Zappendorf’s concern about voter complacency can be laid to rest. Voters in her home county went to the polls in very large numbers Monday. On the first day of advanced voting, Dawson County voters cast 930 votes that is more than double the 444 votes […]
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