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.
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.
White County High School’s graduation rate has risen for a second consecutive year.
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.
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)
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.
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White County has had over 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Election Superintendent Garrison Baker shows the newly formed White County Board of Elections how to retrieve the paper ballots from the machines at the voter registrar office. He also explained the process of what to do with the ballots after they are collected. (Photo/Stephanie Hill)
