Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Workforce Development Program, has received a grant that will provide job opportunities to residents of Chattooga and surrounding counties that have temporarily or permanently lost work due to COVID – 19. Eligibility requirements are as follows:
According to the Georgia Farm Bureau, the United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA) is voicing concerns that pallet shortages, have the potential to affect the availability of produce to consumers.
Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley is seeking volunteers to join its Board of Directors for the new fiscal year which begins July 1.
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, in partnership with the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer
University School of Medicine are conducting a survey that assesses the challenges and stressors for Georgia farmers,
farmworkers and spouses.
Chattooga County School Superintendent Jared Hosmer said this week that in the upcoming 2021-2022 school year the school system will no longer offer “in-house” virtual learning as an option.
Mrs. Joania Irene Horton, age 80 of Lafayette, Georgia passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at the Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga.
Montyne Brock Payne, wife of the late Dr. W. Marlin Payne and former Chattooga County resident, passed away in Rome, Georgia May 26, 2021 at the age of 94. Mrs. Payne was the daughter of the late Thomas Dow Brock and Ethel Little Brock and was born in LaFayette, Georgia. She spent her early years in LaFayette. She and her mother moved to Rome to live with relatives in 1939 following a house fire which destroyed their home. After graduating from Rome Girls High School in 1944, she was able to attend Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson Tennessee. Following her graduation there, she taught in the Rome school system.
HUGE YARD SALE, Sat., June 5th 8-2: Thousands of high quality items, household, tools, furniture, unique items, clothes, kids, and MUCH more! Good prices too! Calvary Baptist Church 171 Taylor St., Summerville. All proceeds help send teens to summer camp.
