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Ice skating rink eyed for Helen
One of White County’s most memorable election seasons continues to take new turns with a presidential recount and three runoff elections on the horizon.
Voters set to decide runoff elections Jan. 5
In an unprecedented move, Georgia will undertake a hand recount of the nearly 5 million ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election with roughly 14,000 votes separating President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday.
Recount ahead for presidential election
High school graduation rate rises
Recent growth in White County sales tax collections was bolstered with roughly more than $600,000 in additional receipts for September due to a recent state audit.
State audit boosts county sales tax haul by $600,000
The opening of an Italian restaurant plays a key factor in A Taste of Christmas, which was filmed, in part, in White County. (Submitted photo)
New Christmas movie filmed in White County to premiere Nov. 20
There have been 1,055 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in White County since the start of the pandemic, according to the update on Sunday, Nov. 8, on the Georgia Department of Public Health's website.
