Category Archives: Local News
ACG GEORGIA PARTNERS WITH DUFFEY SOUTHEAST, INC. TO HOST SKILLS CHALLENGE FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
(Media release from the Associated General Contractors of Georgia):The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) partnered with Duffey Southeast Inc. to host construction students from 1...
Nov 02, 2021
OPEN DOOR HOME’S CLUBS AND CLAYS TOURNAMENT SET FOR THIS FRIDAY, BALL DROP TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
(Media release from Open Door Home):Open Door Home's (ODH) Clubs and Clays tournament presented by Georgia Power will be held on Friday, November 5, 2021 at Barnsley Resort. ODH's largest annual fundr...
Nov 02, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
A total of 1,847 new cases of coronavirus and 94 more virus-related fatalities were reported across Georgia on Monday by the state’s Department of Public Health.According to the latest update by...
Nov 02, 2021
AAA: GEORGIA’S GAS PRICES ROSE SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST WEEK
Georgia’s gas prices increased slightly over the past week, according to AAA, The Auto Club Group. Motorists statewide now pay an average of $3.25 per gallon of regular unleaded. That is two cen...
Nov 01, 2021
THE SEASON OF LEAF-PEEPING IS NOW UPON US!
The season of leaf-peeping is now upon us. Kim Hatcher, the Public Affairs Coordinator for Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, asserts that peak Fall color usually occurs around late October to ea...
Nov 01, 2021
TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY
Election Day is this Tuesday. Local polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm for the municipal general election. Voters in the City of Rome will determine the fate of three posts in Ward Two of the City C...
Nov 01, 2021
COMPASSIONATE ADVOCATE BECOMES LIFELINE FOR PATIENT’S SPOUSE
(Media release from Floyd Public Relations):Katie Wathen trained to be a nurse. She understands that visitation policies in place for COVID-19 patients are critical to public health, but when the pati...
Nov 01, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
According to the latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health this past Friday afternoon, a total of 1,263,757 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported across the state since the b...
Nov 01, 2021
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: ROME RECORDED ALL-TIME LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER
(Georgia Department of Labor media release):Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Rome recorded an all-time low unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, down five-tenths of a percent over...
Oct 28, 2021
FLOYD IS NOW ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD
(Media release from Atrium Health Floyd):Floyd is now officially Atrium Health Floyd. Today marks the introduction of a new brand resulting from the strategic combination of the Floyd health system an...
Oct 28, 2021
