Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.06 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average was 25 cents more than a week ago, 24 cents more than a month ago, and 5 cents less than this time last year. It now costs $45.90 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Although gas prices increased this week, drivers are paying 75 cents less to fill-up at the pump compared to a year ago.

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Georgia’s new Agricultural Commissioner Tyler Harper has joined the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Homeland Security board of directors. 

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The United States Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Chattooga County will be open again today after being closed for MLK Day, a state and Federal holiday, on Monday of this week.

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Oak Hill Methodist Church in Lyerly

Several area Methodist churches have already taken steps to disaffiliate with the United Methodist Church.  Oak Hill Methodist Church in Lyerly is one of those churches and has already dropped the “United Methodist” logo and name from their church and is now simply Oak Hill Methodist Church.  The move by conservative churches to leave the denomination has been in the works for some time, but recently the conference that governs United Methodists in Northwest Georgia abruptly stopped the disaffiliation process.

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The Coosa Valley Chapter of Habitat for Humanity will be holding an informational meeting in Chattooga County coming up a week from this Thursday.  The meeting is meant to inform people interested in applying for a home and will be held at the Chattooga County Civic Center on January 26, 2023.

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With the new legislative session underway in the Georgia General Assembly, the new state senator representing Northwest Georgia says that two of his goals are to end certificates of need for healthcare facilities, and to end the film tax credit in the Peach State.

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Here are the health inspection scores from for the first half of January 2023 from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department:

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Today is a Federal and state holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Locally, governmental offices will be closed and there is a MLK Day service planned at a Summerville church.

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The Chattooga County Board of Education will hold its first meeting of 2023 coming up this Thursday at 6 PM.  This week’s meeting will be the first for newly sworn-in board members Lori Brady, Tiffany Lawrence and Bonnie Fletcher.  The three were sworn-in by Chattooga County Probate Judge Gary Woods recently.  The new board members will be getting up to date on the progress at the new Menlo Elementary School building and other business at Thursday’s meeting.  The Chattooga County Board of Education meets at the  Chattooga County Education Center, located at 206 Penn Street in Summerville, and the public is invited to attend.