A developer with the new Publix shopping center has confirmed Chicken Salad Chick will locate in an outparcel there, and that ...

The city’s Downtown Development Authority began 2025 at a Monday meeting by electing officers and discussing a wide slate of ...

Simply Decorated Business of the Year; Shaye Young Chamber Ambassador of the Year Last Saturday, the Pickens County Chamber ...

In this week’s paper, readers will find legal and display advertisements posted by the Pickens County Board of Elections letting the public know there will be a General Election here on November 4th.

Atlanta, Ga – Following the recent detection of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Elbert County, Georgia, Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper issued the below ...

The Dragons basketball team remains undefeated in the 2024-2025 season and continues to dominate opponents with impressive margins of victory. Last week was no exception, as they secured a 77-40 win ...

Lucille McMullen, a resident at The Retreat in Jasper, celebrated her 104th birthday on Saturday, January 18th. McMullen is a Pickens native. who served as an army nurse during Wold War II and helped ...

Just a few weeks after a short-lived snow that turned Pickens into more of an ice-glazed wasteland than a snowy wonderland, north Georgia has been plunged back into even colder temps. As someone born ...

Members of a recently formed coalition from public health departments, schools, social groups, law enforcement, and DFACS gathered at the Health Department on Jan. 16 to brainstorm ways to address ...

Music of the Impressionists from France and England will be presented on Monday January 27, 2025 as part of the Casual Classics 2024-2025 Concert Series. The performers are all first-chair performers ...

The Pickens County Recycling Center on Appalachian Court is an impressive operation. Its mission is to divert as much waste from landfills as possible, and it’s doing just that. Last year, they ...