October 5-11 is National Newspaper Week, and we want to thank our readers and advertisers for supporting local newspapers. We ...

Georges Bignault III Georges Henri Bignault III, 88, of Jasper, Georgia passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at The Retreat at Jasper. He was born May 19, 1937 to Georges H. Bignault II and Mary ...

Tourism saves each household an average $1,285 in taxes By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — ...

CEO Tammi Sorrells named administrator of the year for Georgia [Reprinted courtesy Big Canoe Smoke Signals] By Wayne Tidwell ...

Wild Pig Control Workshop October 22 By Rebecca Farrow Rural Connections Contributor Living in north Georgia, we expect to ...

News for Pickens County, GAWild Pig Control Workshop October 22 By Rebecca Farrow Rural Connections Contributor Living in north Georgia, we expect to cohabitate with a variety of wildlife,… ...

By Suellen Reitz There are several big cons in Atlanta… but who wants to pay those exorbitant entrance fees and fight the ...

Review finds two-thirds of the money went to administration rather than medical assistance By Ty Tagami, Bureau Chief Capitol ...

During the city of Jasper’s comprehensive planning open house, a brief debate arose over affordable housing, with one person opining that if young people scrimped and saved more, they could afford ...

Jack VanSant John “Jack” Mattox VanSant, 79, of Midlothian, Virginia, passed away peacefully on 18, 2025. Jack was born in Jasper, Georgia, to the late James Paul and Martha Alice VanSant. He graduat ...

Cash prizes for fiction, non-fiction  & poetry Submitted by William Young, Sassafras Literary Vice President For those of you ...