November 8th, the day the dead rise from the grave to vote and someone in Siberia or Cincinnati will be hacking into the voting machines to change election outcomes – so say some of the ideas surrounding this year’s presidential elections. FetchYourNews checked with Mary Ann Conner and Chuck Cook of the Fannin County Board […]
Read More »Beware: Tax Assessor Impostors Roaming Local Properties
Fannin County’s Chief Appraiser Dawn Cochran warns that people posing as Tax Assessors have been examining residential properties in Fannin, Union and Murphy, North Carolina. Ms. Cochran received three reports about the matter in July. According to Ms. Cochran, a man driving a red pick-up visited two properties and a man driving a grey Saturn […]
Read More »Class of 2030 Sets Their Sights on Quietly Walking in a Straight Line
Class of 2030 member, Keighly-Anne O’Neal says bye to mom, Trista O’Neal. At 8 am, a hush set over hundreds of houses in Fannin County. After 10 weeks of loud family discussions about who gets to watch what cartoons in the morning, the kids are back in school until May 25. (for complete school calendar, […]
Read More »School Buses on the Roads Again
Schools all across Georgia start up this week. FetchYourNews wants to remind you to look out for the little ones standing at the bus stop in the mornings and running across the street to home in the afternoons. Also, watch out for the early morning teen drivers and their carload of friends trying to make […]
Read More »Fannin County Board of Education Hears Public Comments about Transgender Bathrooms in Fannin Schools
Vicki Rhodes of Morganton and Cathy Patterson of Mineral Bluff head to the Fannin Board of Education meeting. Fannin County Board of Education held a three and one-half hour meeting on Thursday night, May 12th. Two and a half hours were public comments about transgender bathrooms in Fannin County Schools. It was standing-room only […]
Read More »Blue Ridge Trout Fest and Outdoor Adventures Focuses on Fannin
This weekend, Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 and Blue Ridge Trout Fest and Outdoor Adventures will promote everything outdoors that Fannin has to offer. Fannin County Chamber of Commerce proposed the idea for the festival to capture the camping, hiking, biking, rafting and, of course, trout fishing that people come here for. Blue […]
Read More »Senate Candidate Jim Barksdale Campaigns in Pickens County
Jim Barksdale – the other candidate with a hat Jim Barksdale, Georgia Democrat’s candidate for US Senate, spoke at Pickens County Democratic Party’s monthly meeting in Jasper in mid-June. Mr. Barksdale will be up against Johnny Isakson, who has served in the Senate for twelve years. Mr. Barksdale began explaining his platform with his view of […]
Read More »Summer Crop Seeds from the Local Library
May 1st is rolling around – the traditional date in this area for setting out seeds and not having to fear some late freeze will kill the new shoots. If you are looking for seeds this year, one of the places you can pick them up is at the Fannin County Public Library’s Seed Exchange. […]
Read More »Six Years Needed to Build New Library
One of the arguments about why to have funds dedicated to building a new library on the 2016 SPLOST ballot is that if Fannin citizens vote in 2016, there will be a new library in 2020 and, if not approved, a new library could not come to the county until 2028. FetchYourNews asked Fannin County […]
Read More »Will Zika Virus Come to North Georgia?
Will Zika virus come to north Georgia? Yes. When it will arrive and how widespread it will be is not so certain. For adults, the Zika virus means maybe a low fever, rash and achy joints for about five days. But, only one in five adults with Zika show symptoms. It feels like a bad day […]
Read More »“Score Settling Has No Place in Government Service”
Outside of questions of illegal and ethical behavior of some people on the City Council, Jarrard and Davis’ most powerful reprimand was about how “score settling” has negatively affected efficient, day-to-day work of Blue Ridge. “Score settling” has shut down communication among the Council and between the Council and city employees. “Score settling” has shut […]
Read More »Education Reform Commission Proposals Provide Secure Salary for Current Teachers
What will be coming from the state is the requirement for a performance-based metric for incoming teachers and a protection for in-service teachers. Representative Terry England Speaking at both the Gilmer County and Fannin County Teacher Town Hall meetings, Rep. Terry England, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Education Reform Commission member, stated […]
Read More »Fannin Teacher Town Hall
Fannin County educators welcomed the opportunity to speak to Georgia’s Speaker of the House, Rep. David Ralston district 7 about sweeping education reforms proposed by Gov. Deal’s Education Reform Committee (read the Commission’s report). Speaker Ralston helped organize the Fannin County Teacher Town Hall, the 2nd in a series question and answer meetings for […]
Read More »Georgia’s Speaker of the House David Ralston Listens to Gilmer County Teachers
The trio of top state legislators responsible for ushering through Gov. Nathan Deal’s education reform proposals met with Gilmer County teachers and school administrators about merit-based pay reform and other components Governor Deal’s education initiatives. The question and answer meeting took place on December 9th at Ellijay Elementary School’s auditorium. Speaker of the House David […]
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