Chattooga School Supt. Jared Hosmer has released information regarding the reopening of all Chattooga County Schools for the 2020-2021 School Year.
A runoff election in the Republican Primary will be held on August 11th. Absentee ballots are being issued now according to the Chattooga County Registrar Office.
State Representative Eddie Lumsden has released his legislative report for the eleventh week of the Georgia General Assembly’s highly unusual legislative session. The Georgia House and Senate are finishing up this 2020 legislative session, something that is normally done in early spring. The legislature has passed the Fiscal year 2021 budget which starts today and the largest expenditure is for education. You can read Rep. Lumsden’s complete report below:
A forty-year-old Cedar Bluff, Alabama man was arrested last Friday and charged with DUI after a traffic stop on Back Berryton Road.
Yesterday, the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), in conjunction with the Georgia Facilities Working Group, released a best practices guide to reopening public assembly facilities in the state, such as live entertainment and sports venues, museums, and retail stores. The guide is issued ahead of the reopening of large and small live performance venues on July 1, as allowed in state executive orders 06.11.20.01 and 06.29.20.02. The public assembly facilities COVID-19 reopening guide can be found online at GDEcD’s website here.
The first of two phases of stabilizing Highway 27 on Taylor Ridge will begin soon after The Georgia Department of Transportation recently awarded a contract for the first round of repairs to the roadway. Construction is expected to start in the next three to four months and be followed by a second round of repairs once this phase is completed.
A parade planned for this Friday, July 2nd at Oakview Health and Rehabilitation has been canceled. Organizers say due to the heat and the possibility of thunderstorms, the decision has been made to cancel with the health and safety of the Oakview residents in mind.
Here are the latest health inspection scores from the Chattooga County Environmental Health Department for the last half of June, 2020:
As the largest non-governmental provider of recreation facilities in the state, Georgia Power is reminding customers and vacationers if they are planning to head out to company lakes and waterways for the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, to be sure to follow guidelines on social distancing, facial coverings and group-size as advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Monday Governor Brian P. Kemp signed two executive orders extending the Public Health State of Emergency and existing COVID-19 safety measures.