It’s almost March, and that means Spring is just around the corner! Now is a good time to prepare for the season, indicates Keith Mickler, UGA Extension Agent for Floyd County. Some ways to do that include pruning shrubs, roses, crape myrtles and ornamental grasses. Also, be sure that all of your lawn and garden…… read more »
LaDonna Collins is nearing the one-year anniversary of the date on which she officially assumed the post of Executive Director for the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth. She joined former director Carol Willis for some on-the-job training from March 1st until Willis retired on April 1st of last year. Since then, Collins attests…… read more »
The Georgia Department of Public Health is working closely with the CDC and state partners to prepare for a potential outbreak of COVID-19 in the US, including Georgia, according to a DPH media release. The goal is to quickly identify cases of COVID-19 and take the appropriate public health actions to reduce its spread and…… read more »
The American Red Cross of Northwest Georgia aims to make sure that those in need have smoke alarms. The potentially life-saving devices are installed by Red Cross volunteers and community partners at homes around this local chapter’s service area, free of charge, via the Sound the Alarm campaign. Leigh Barba, Executive Director, asserts that you…… read more »
Advance voting begins on Monday, March 2nd for the March 24th Presidential Preference Primary election in Georgia. Floyd County voters may cast their ballots in advance until March 20th at the Elections Office, located inside the county’s Administration Building on East 4th Avenue, every weekday from 8 am to 5 pm. The office will offer…… read more »
Floyd County is in pretty good shape right now, according to Jamie McCord, County Manager. Improvements in the local economy have provided a boost to county operations. Sales tax grew by nine percent and the tax digest grew by about two and a half percent in 2019, asserts McCord. The downside to the uptick in…… read more »
Georgia’s gas prices have risen by three cents in the past week, reports AAA, The Auto Club Group. Motorists statewide now pay an average of $2.30 per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, three cents more than a week ago, seven cents less than this time last month, and two cents more than at this time…… read more »
The Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office assisted with the arrest of a trio in Chattooga County accused of illegally obtaining power for the residence, which caused a fire to break out on February 8th. Jonathan Stricklin (age 47), Jimmy Stricklin Jr. (age 54), and Janice Stricklin (age 78) have each been charged with…… read more »
Senate Bill 359, the “Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act”, sponsored by Senator Chuck Hufstetler of Rome, received unanimous passage earlier in the week by the state Senate. According to a release from the Georgia Senate Press Office, the bill extends consumer protections against surprise billing by delineating an arbitration process between the insurer and provider,…… read more »
Registration continues for the annual Harbin Clinic Leprechaun-A-Thon 5K run and two-mile health walk, scheduled for Saturday, March 14th. The event will once again feature a flat, fast course around downtown Rome that will lead to a foam-filled celebration on the Town Green. Jim Alred, the Recreation Services Manager at Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation, enthuses…… read more »