WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) announces his opposition to the Senate’s upcoming vote on a massive federal spending package: “Washington has reached a new low. We are six months into this fiscal year and we are just now voting on funding for the remainder of it. Not to mention, this is after two […]
Read More »Collins Praises Inclusion of CLOUD Act in Funding Package
WASHINGTON—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who introduced the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act in the House this February, released the following statement in response to its inclusion in the newly released funding bill: “The CLOUD Act frames a path for guarding the privacy of American data while enabling law enforcement to combat crime […]
Read More »Short Takes – A Divided America, What’s the Cure?
America has long been divided by two contending political philosophies, one created in the firm belief in the god given rights of man through self determination and possession of private property, among others, the inalienable anchors of representative freedoms. The other, a scheme that clings to the Marxist inspired idea that people would be happier […]
Read More »Research Chimpanzees Relocated to Project Chimps Sanctuary
We had some very big news at the Project Chimps sanctuary in north Georgia today. Additional photos and video clips are available upon request. Morganton, GA, March 21 – Two well-known former research chimpanzees now have a forever home in the Blue Ridge Mountains, thanks to a cooperative agreement between the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana […]
Read More »BKP Interviews Congressman Collins regarding Government Shutdown and More
Tune in as BKP interviews our very own 9th District Congressman Doug Collins on the current government issues and day 3 of the government shut down. Hear how Collins feels about the situation and what needs to happen to resolve the issues at hand.
Read More »Fetch Your News Interviews 2018 Candidate for Georgia Governor Clay Tippins
BKP interviews Navy Seal, Business Executive, and 2018 Candidate for Georgia Governor Clay Tippins on Fetch Your News FYNTV.com. Tippins talks about if elected: cutting taxes, fixing schools, creating jobs, building roads, and protecting freedom.
Read More »Collins Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition
Collins Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition GAINESVILLE, Ga.—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) announced today that his office will begin accepting applications for the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. All Ninth District students in grades 9-12 are invited to submit their art pieces, which are due to the Gainesville office by 5:00 p.m. on April 27, 2018. […]
Read More »Short Takes – ICE and the Real CNN
Clearly the fake news group CNN, is firmly ensconced within the demented mire that is America’s Marxist, Democrat party. To compare the ICE round-up’s of Illegal border crashers and stateless people (DACA – Dreamers), to Nazi Germany’s Gestapo, demonstrates CNN’s complete and shameless lack of historical knowledge. That they deign to opine with a verisimilitude […]
Read More »Weather Outlook
As we are entering late winter and approaching early spring, I’ve been getting questions about what the weather is going to be like this year. There’s a lot of local information on the georgiaweather.net website but even with that my crystal ball has not been working too well lately so I turned to our weather […]
Read More »Congress Can Promote Work Over Crime For Ex-Cons
WASHINGTON—This piece featuring Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) first appeared in Forbes on March 19, 2018. An estimated one in three American adults has a criminal record, and over 2.3 million people are incarcerated in this country. Given that over 95% of incarcerated individuals will reenter society, ensuring that they do not commit another crime should be a federal priority. The solution is […]
Read More »Raised Bed Gardens vs. In-Ground Gardens
By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent People often ask if a raised bed is better than an in ground one. To help answer this question I talked to Robert Westerfield and David Berle at the Urban Ag Center in Griffin. They had some very good information about this subject. A raised bed frame can […]
Read More »Short Takes – The Truth About the FBI
This FBI business has to be settled once and for all. Senator Ben Cordon (D) said Trumps actions showed a “lack of respect for the independence of the FBI! This over the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe, and soon, others. McCabe himself whined that his dismissal was “Trumps War on the FBI.” It […]
Read More »As Flu-Related Deaths Rise North Georgians Still Urged to Get No-Cost Shot
NORTH GA – Nearly 1,100 north Georgians have been vaccinated against the flu since early February when health departments in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield Counties began providing flu vaccinations at no cost to clients. Now that the Georgia Department of Public Health reported the number of flu-related deaths in Georgia has risen […]
Read More »Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson Accuses FetchYourNews.com of Misleading the Community
Dawson County Georgia Sheriff Jeff Johnson, accuses Fetch Your News of “implying that the requested additional yearly funds could have been used to fund a CAD System” on his Facebook Social Media page. He also explains in his post on social media to “Consider the Source”. We are interviewing the reporter who covered the story […]
Read More »Ask the Doc! About Skin Health
This morning on Ask the Doc, Dr. William Whaley is covering skin health. The audience asked: What can lead to a blood pressure spike out of the blue if you are on regular blood pressure medicine? If someone has a badly bruised tendon on the back of their ankle, is there anything that they could […]
Read More »Georgia DOT In Northwest Georgia Is Hiring, Holds Job Fair In Carrollton
CARROLLTON– GDOT moves Georgia! It can help set your career in motion too! If you are looking for an exciting, challenging, and professional transportation career, join Georgia DOT job fair in Carrollton Georgia. The Georgia DOT Northwest Georgia (District 6) Office will host a job fair from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20 at the Carrollton Goodwill Career Center, […]
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