Author: Chad Dorsett

While beautiful, waterfalls pose risks to unprepared visitors. Each year serious injuries and fatalities occur at Georgia waterfalls.  The best way to enjoy a waterfall is from a safe distance. […]

To honor classmates from Ukraine, students at Tallulah Falls School (TFS) raised close to $1,500 for refugee relief. The school’s Key Club led the initiative to raise funds, reports E. […]

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Drug Surveillance Unit has received increased reports of overdoses due to drugs mixed with fentanyl, particularly cocaine, methamphetamine, and counterfeit pills. Overdoses have […]

The Rabun Republicans will have two outstanding speakers when they next gather for their April meeting at the Dillard House Conference Center on Saturday, April 9, at 9am. Both speakers […]

The GBI is requesting assistance from the public in identifying a deceased man believed to be a hiker on Springer Mountain found on January 21, 2022. The man was found […]

OGCC Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (“OGCC”) and its owner and Executive Director, Dionne Huffman, have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, […]

Approximately $4,000 worth of truck parts were recently taken off a 2020 Ford F350 in Wiley.  On March 17, a deputy of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office spoke with a […]

The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a recent felony theft from a motor vehicle at Appalachian Surveying in Mountain City.  On March 26, a deputy responded to the business […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that data continues to show the importance of vaccination and booster doses to protect individuals both from infection and severe outcomes […]