The unemployment rate in Chattooga County was down in February, compared to unemployment numbers in January, but was higher than this time last year.  The Georgia Department of Labor released the latest unemployment numbers on Thursday that show Chattooga County with an unemployment rate of 4.2%.  For the Northwest Georgia region, the unemployment rate was 3.3% for February, compared to 3.1% in February of 2022.  However, the number of employed residents was up 3,055 from January and up 4,812 from February 2022 to 420,418, another record.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to return the ancestral remains of nearly 5,000 Native Americans, according to federal records.

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Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Thursday, March 30, 2023:

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If you’re underage and drinking, you should know that is illegal.  You should also consider not putting yourself on video on social media while consuming alcohol.  Furthermore, you might not want to be driving a modified vehicle while doing so. 

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On Monday of this week a man called the Summerville Police Department to report a stolen trailer.  He told police that he had gone to pick up a refrigerator on Highway 114 and when he turned on Union Street in Summerville, he discovered that the trailer was not behind the tow vehicle.  He went back and searched for the trailer that had come loose from his vehicle, but was unable to locate it and assumed someone had stolen it.  Summerville Police retraced the man’s route and found the trailer, and the refrigerator near Mason’s Funeral Home on Highway 48.

Well, the boat made it into Weiss Lake, but unfortunately, it didn’t end there.

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The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force will be selling vehicles seized in drug busts at an auction next Tuesday, April 4, 2023.  The auction will be held at the Walker County Civic Center in Rock Spring at 6 PM.  Potts Brothers Auction is handling the sale for the Drug Task Force.  Anyone with any questions may contact Rick Potts at 423-413-4669 or Jeff Potts 423-413-5466.  The Walker County Ag Center is located at 10052 Highway 27 in Rock Spring.  You can see a list of the vehicles to be auctioned below:

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Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) have introduced the bipartisan Affordable Insulin Now Act of 2023 to cap the price of insulin for all patients, including those who are uninsured, at $35 for a 30-day supply.

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Normally, mobile home taxes are due in Georgia on April 1st, but because of a delay in printing the bills, the tax deadline for mobile home taxes in Chattooga County is being extended to April 11, 2023, according to Chattooga County Tax Commissioner Joy Hampton. Although the tax commissioner’s name is on the bill, it is the tax assessors office that sets the value of mobile homes.  If you have sold a mobile home over the past year and you received a bill in the mail this year, you need to contact the Chattooga County Tax Assessors Office at 706-857-0737. The office is located in the Chattooga County Courthouse Annex, across the hall from the tax commissioner’s office.

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