Blue Ridge News

Rep. Tim Bearden says David Ralston, who last week was elected speaker of the state House of Representatives, is a strong candidate for the position, and he should know.

Those who've watched state Rep. David Ralston at work in the courthouses of the north Georgia foothills say he has an uncanny ability to connect with juries.

Reeling from scandal, Georgia House Republicans selected Rep. David Ralston as their nominee for speaker.

With renovations complete on their second home on 3 1/2 acres in Blue Ridge, Steve Weber and Nancy Meadows are ready to enjoy North Georgia's activities and scenery.

A homeowner is recovering after he was shot by a burglar in Evans. NBC Augusta 26 News has learned a man broke into a house on Blue Ridge Crossing around 2 a.m. Monday.

Staff Photo by Randall Higgins Linda Hughes says she and co-owner Karen Turner at Cisco Curiosity Shop in Murray County, Ga., get U.S. 411 motorists looking for the best route to many places, if they can get around the U.S. 64 rock slide.

There are new district managers for the state Department of Driver Services offices in northeast and northwest Georgia, according to Greg Dozier, Commissioner of the state Department of Driver Services.

Adventures in Coffee on East Main Street will celebrate its grand reopening Thursday, with special recognition of the occasion scheduled for 9 a.m. New owners Karla and Joe Cox took over the business in early September.

Life & Arts - By admin on November 13, 2009 at 10:43 am The Art of Sue Mitchell When Life Magazine in their December 2nd, 1957 issue typified Sue Mitchell as a "Modern Heir" of the "Old Master's" the focus on this remarkable artist put her in the spotlight for decades.

We opened the door and I gasped with amazement at what I saw. The wall facing me was a huge window that went from top to bottom of the room and from side to side and I could see through the window to the valley and see all of the yellow and red-russet colors of the trees that were at the peak of their journey.

Blue Ridge Elementary School now has students working in groups designed to meet each child's needs, after Principal Matthew Button revisited the daily schedule.

Last year, Becky and Kristofer Gifford bought a cabin in Sautee-Nacoochee just six miles from Becky's parents in Clarksville in the north Georgia mountains.

The first issue of the monthly student newspaper The Roadrunner is out on racks at Dalton State College.

Columbia County, in cooperation with Lakeside High School, wishes to inform the driving public of a temporary road closure for all traffic on the northern end of Blue Ridge Drive .

Temperatures dipped into the low 30s across much of north Georgia Monday morning - around 20 degrees below normal for this time of the year - and frost advisories were issued.

The Folk Fiber Guild of the Tri-state area was started by Bernice Connor, a spinner, weaver, natural dyer, and basket maker who wanted to share her passion for art.

Friday nighta s schedule includes an automobile Cruise-In from 5-10 p.m. with Uncle James Bar-B-Qu and the music of a oeThe Flashbacksa from 6-9 p.m. Saturday morning will kicak off at 9 a.m. with a a oeRide of Honor.a Motorcyclists and others who desire to participate are invited on a trip through Oconee County and the Sumter National Forest which ...

Ann Wright, noon-1:30 p.m. today, Athens-Clarke County Library; 7-8:30 p.m. tonight, Presbyterian Student Center, 1250 S. Lumpkin St.

Submitted by the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter The first annual For Get Me? Not! motorcycle ride benefiting the Alzheimer's Association Georgia Chapter was held Aug.

Fall is right around the corner and a lot of people like to go for a drive in the country to see all the gorgeous foliage colors.