From School Supt. Jared Hosmer: “Due to the concern of localized flooding, and after consulting with our local EMA, the Chattooga County School System will have a distance learning day on Friday, 3/26/ 2021″
Numerous thunderstorms are expected across north and central Georgia today into tomorrow morning as a strong frontal system moves through the area.
Menlo and Cloudland residents that normally use the Menlo Convenience Center to dump their trash will be forced to drive to Summerville to the Chattooga County Transfer Station when the dump site on Highway 48 closes at the end of this month.
Throughout the pandemic, farmworkers have remained on the job throughout the nation despite potential exposures to feed Americans and support U.S. exports. As the U.S. Department of Labor recognizes National Farmworker Awareness Week March 25-31, the department’s Wage and Hour Division has launched a nationwide education, outreach and enforcement initiative to ensure workplace protections for these frontline, low-wage workers.
Remote work grew 30% nationally in the past decade and while some saw it as a tech industry and millennial fad, coronavirus forced many in the country to work from home for the first time and there appears to be no looking back.
Marketing Management student Stephanie Kuhrt was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2021 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner and Jeremiah Cooper, program director and instructor of Welding and Joining Technology, was selected as the college’s 2021 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 50 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1125 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Western and Northern Alabama Northwest Georgia Central and Eastern Mississippi Southern Middle Tennessee * Effective this Thursday morning and evening from 1125 AM until 800 PM CDT. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION... * Primary threats include... Numerous tornadoes and several intense tornadoes expected Widespread damaging winds and scattered significant gusts to 80 mph likely Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter likely SUMMARY...A dangerous environment is developing across the watch area. Multiple rounds of intense supercell thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early evening, with the potential for long-track strong to violent tornadoes. A few of the storms may also produce very large hail and widespread damaging wind gusts. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles northeast of Huntsville AL to 45 miles west southwest of Pine Belt MS. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings.
Due to the forecasted severe weather we have several closings and cancellations:
Chattooga County Government Offices Closing at 1 PM
Trion City Schools Early Release at 1 PM
Chattooga County Schools Early Release at 1 PM
Trion Town Hall Closing at 1 PM
Chattooga County Health Department Closing at 1 PM
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Boutique Closed
Town of Trion, Town Hall, will be closing today at 1 pm due to the weather warnings.
Chattooga School Superintendent Jared Hosmer has made the decision to release school early today due to potential bad weather. See statement below: