Jasper Lions bring popular event back in July – Applications at bottom of article Submitted by Jasper Lions Club The Jasper Lions Club is hard at work planning the community’s annual Independence Day ...

At the official opening of phase two of New Hope Acres, members of the Habitat for Humanity Pickens County board spoke of changing lives and of families more than asphalt and homesites. “We are very ...

We want to take this space to give our school board and some of the key school top dogs a pat on the back. We’ve enjoyed a few years of solid leadership, marked by no visible infighting or drama, ...

Nelson mayor says decision “guts” town’s plans, audit also presented Pickens County commissioners held firm Monday evening in their decision to propose a five-year collection period for a planned ...

James Harris James H. Harris, 100, of Jasper, GA, went to be with the Lord on June 11, 2025, leaving behind a century’s worth of legacy, love, and tireless devotion to his family and community. Born ...

One of the ways is that our black bear population is starting to recover from the devastation of hundreds of thousands of acres of lost habitat, the extinction of the American chestnut tree, and ...

By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – A Gwinnett County man has been charged in federal court with threatening two U.S. senators and their families. Robert Davis Forney, 25 ...

By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – The 14 defendants convicted in a large-scale federal dogfighting case in Albany have been sentenced to a total of more than 28 years ...

Grandview Station 13 active again, more volunteers sought Residents in the Grandview and Burnt Mountain communities will be happy to hear that volunteer Station 13 – a nondescript building on ...

The Pickens County Master Gardeners Extension volunteers are hosting their first Work in Progress Garden Tour. We would like to invite anyone interested in gardening to come and see what the MGs have ...

Celebrate Ulysses and James Joyce Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the date in which his ...