U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.4 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic across Georgia.
Georgia authorities will close remaining activities at former mental hospitals in Rome and Thomasville on Oct. 1 following state budget cuts.
Chattooga County deputies were called to a residence on Oak Grove Road in Summerville over the past weekend after a woman reported that her debit card had been stolen.
Yesterday, Chattooga County Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Graham issued an order closing the Chattooga County Courthouse and the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex until Monday of next week, due to COVID-19 cases among county employees. However, Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton told WZQZ News that she will have the tax and tag office open today after taking steps to seal off the rest of the building from the entrance to her office on West Washington Street. Tax Commissioner Hampton said, “As my office is a separate part of the buidling away from the courtroom, and I have enough staff available to work, we’ve closed off the courtroom part of the building and will still be processing payments with limited staff.”
Chattooga County Attorney Chris Corbin has informed WZQZ News about the polling place changes for the August 11th Primary Runoff Election.
The Chattooga County Registrars Office says if you’re looking for a way to vote with minimal or no contact, consider voting by mail.
A man in neighboring DeKalb County, Alabama was killed after he was fatally injured in an accident involving a tractor on Monday afternoon.
Chattooga County Superior Court Judge Kristina Cook Graham has ordered the Chattooga County Courthouse and the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex closed until Monday of next week after several cases of COVID-19 have been reported among county employees:
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