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Helen City Commissioners want to verify that local taxes are being paid on short-term rentals.

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Helen looks at auditing STRs

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

by Jessica Wood White County News Helen City Commissioners want to verify that local taxes are being paid on short-term rentals. At the commission meeting held April 18, a yearly audit was proposed.

Jorden McKinney, Charles Wayne Ryder and Charles Dewey Lewis Ryder were arrested following a road rage incident.

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Road rage leads to gunshots, rammed autos

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

by Linda Erbele White County News The White County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Hall County men in a road rage incident that involved gunshots and drivers ramming their vehicles into each other.

(Photo/Mark Turner)

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Special Olympics makes joyful return

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Henry Walker, a student at Tesnatee Gap Elementary School, sprints down the track at Warrior Stadium last Friday during the annual White County Special Olympics.

Colorful azaleas reflect on Happy Lake in the second phase of The Gardens at Eula Springs. Xavier Roberts plans to open the second phase to the public in Spring 2024. (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)

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Convention gets preview of BabyLand azaleas

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

by Samantha Sinclair White County News Azalea lovers from around the world got an inaugural preview of the second phase of The Gardens at Eula Springs on Friday. The preview was a tour for the joint convention of the American Rhododendron Society and Azalea Society of America.

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SNC teams up with UGA

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

by Jessica Wood White County News Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Center Executive Director Mel Whitehead wants to get the word out to more people about what the center is so more people — not just those from White County — will come and experience everything it has to offer.

The 2022 fall Mountain Traveler cover was captured by photographer Richard Clark of Cleveland. Clark received $100 for his winning cover entry.

Mountain Traveler cover contest now underway

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Summer in Northeast Georgia is a great time for camping in the great outdoors, attending a fun festival, or planning a day trip for hiking or biking.

Sebastian Wiley belts out the words “gotta dance” at the opening of the “Broadway Ballet” scene during a rehearsal for “Singin’ in the Rain.” (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)

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‘Gotta dance’

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

by Samantha Sinclair White County News White County High School’s Theatre Department will make it rain on stage for its production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” opening tonight.

NoFo Brewing expects to open in June in the 10,000 square foot brewhouse built in 2018 for Tantrum Brewing. (Photo/Linda Erbele)

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Tantrum sold

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

by Linda Erbele White County News Fans of craft beer in Cleveland may have to stock up while they await the opening of a new brewery in place of the existing one on Helen Highway.

Kayla Ellis and Susie Murray listen as Marci Brown explains challenges Cleveland Drug faces. (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)

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State of Healthcare: Providers serving more with less staff, funds

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

by Samantha Sinclair White County News Doing more with less is something local healthcare professionals are having to do, too. For its Georgia Mountain Vision Series State of Healthcare report, the White County Chamber of Commerce hosted a roundtable discussion Tuesday morning.

Jimmy Armour and other cancer survivors will be honored at the Hope Dinner May 5. (Photo/Linda Erbele)

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Positivity helps cancer fight

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

by Jessica Wood White County News Jimmy Armour was having severe back pain and was passed from one doctor to another. It wasn’t until he had an MRI that doctors found an abnormality and did a biopsy. He was diagnosed in 2003 at the age of 58 with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.