Hiawassee News

State and federal officials have signed off on 11 sewer and water projects costing $91 million that are designed to improve infrastructure systems throughout Georgia.

Sewer tunnels in Cobb and Gwinnett counties are among $91.5 million in water and sewer projects statewide that the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority approved at its board meeting Tuesday.

Cyclists ride down Jefferson River Road on Tuesday as the 2009 Bicycle Ride Across Georgia arrived in Athens.

DAY ONE Tails from the Bike Trail By: Michael Best Welcome to my daily journal on our adventures on the Bike Ride Across Georgia.

File photo from 2008 BRAG . HIAWASSEE - This year's Bike Ride Across Georgia, or BRAG, got underway Saturday morning in the northeast Georgia mountains.

In his new book, "Purt Nigh Gone: The Old Mountain Ways," former governor and U.S. Sen.

A Georgia man is facing solicitation charges for contacting a teen girl from northeastern Pennsylvania after seeing a seminude photo of her on the Internet.Wyoming County District Attorney George Skumanick says 52-year-old Scott Swanson of Hiawassee, Ga., was arrested last week and charged with criminal solicitation and corruption of minors for ...

Gene Rice relaxes in a rocking chair on the front porch of his Oconee County home on a recent March afternoon, reminiscing about his youth in Madison County.

Though they haven't been hit by layoffs, Holly Calmes and her husband figured they could nip and tuck their budget.

Arthur James Barron, 38, 711 W. 21st St., was charged Wednesday with a probation violation.

Nestled within the beautiful Georgia and North Carolina mountains and along the serene shores of Lake Chatuge lies Harrison Development's newest community, Sweetwater Cove.

If you're saddened by the convulsive effect of our current recession and how it determines where and how people live, just consider the cataclysmic events taking place in these parts 175 years ago.

The Lakeview Academy tennis teams swept Towns County in their first subregion matches of the season on Tuesday in Hiawassee.

"Cranes Aloft," a multimedia art exhibit about the migrating habits of cranes is showing at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Center.

Cameron Billings scored 20 points to help Commerce to a 68-60 win over Towns County on Wednesday.

The driver of that car that crashed near Tray Mountain Road in northern White County on Monday, killing a 46-year old Helen woman, has been located.

SCOTT WALLACE/Cherokee Scout Olivia Ware, 12, and her mother Missy Ware, both from Hiawassee, Ga., take advantage of the bargains found at Goodya s in Murphy on Thursday.

There are reports of snow hitting the ground in the north Georgia mountains Wednesday afternoon.

After Thanksgiving, it seems there's just enough time to clean the kitchen and pack up the leftovers before the Christmas season officially starts.