Helen

Outdoor café areas allowed at Oktoberfest

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Helen businesses will be able to apply to have outdoor café areas on their private property where they can serve alcoholic beverages during Oktoberfest. The Helen City Commission approved a resolution Sept. 1 allowing the move as part of a citywide special event declaration.

County jobless rate down

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White County’s unemployment rate continued to decline in July, according to a report released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor.

County's total confirmed cases since start of COVID-19 pandemic reaches 511

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There have been 511 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in White County since the start of the pandemic, according to the update  on Sunday, Aug. 30, on the Georgia Department of Public Health's website. In White County there have been 78 hospitalizations and 13 deaths attributed to COVID-19.  White County emergency management is tracking recoveries. There have been 347 cases of recovery from COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, according to the new county report. A patient is considered to have recovered 21 days after a confirmed case report is provided to the county. This information will be issued once a week, said County Emergency Management & Public Safety Director David Murphy.