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Volunteers Nia Jetter, left, and Martha Heffner, right, stand outside Gilmer County Emergency Management’s Cooling Center.

Volunteers Nia Jetter, left, and Martha Heffner, right, stand outside Gilmer County Emergency Management’s Cooling Center.

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Gilmer opens cooling shelter

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
With temperatures in the 80s and 90s on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Gilmer County Emergency Management (GCEM) opened a Cooling Center for those without air conditioning.
Animal caregiver Debi Klemens holds a bouquet of kittens at the Gilmer County Animal Shelter.

Animal caregiver Debi Klemens holds a bouquet of kittens at the Gilmer County Animal Shelter.

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Animal shelter has no easy solutions to overpopulation

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
If Gilmer County Animal Shelter (GCAS) had double the shelter space it has now, it still wouldn’t fix pet overpopulation issues. “That would help us for now, but it’s not going to fix the problem,” Director Kelly Pickering said. Right now, the shelter has 125 cats and 74 cats.
Division Chief Jeff Statham looks at the controls for Gilmer County Fire and Rescue’s new underwater drone.

Division Chief Jeff Statham looks at the controls for Gilmer County Fire and Rescue’s new underwater drone.

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Fire Department gets new underwater drone

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Sometimes, a firefighter’s job can be exhausting. Sometimes, it can be heartbreaking. And sometimes, it can be fun. At 64 years old, experienced firefighter Division Chief Jeff Statham said he enjoyed testing Gilmer County Fire and Rescue’s (GCFR) new underwater drone.
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School Board lowers millage rate

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Gilmer County School (GCS) board voted to advertise lowering the millage rates.  “We were pretty happy with the rollback rate,” Superintendent Dr. Brian Ridley said in a Thursday, July 24 meeting where the vote was taken.
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Fowl spillage case is solved

Andy Ashurst - Publisher
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Motorists were clucking about several spillages of foul smelling waste on Old Highway 5 near Howard Simmons and Hwy. 382. Ellijay Police Chief Edward Lacey said there were an estimated three reports of spills near Howard Simmons and one at the roundabout at Hwy. 382.
Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.

Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.

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Three more plead guilty in felony murder case

Jackson Elliott - Reporter
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Three more guilty pleas have followed the death of Mallory Warden. Her death resulted from a plot to steal drugs. Robert Gabriel Shoilekov, Davonnte Lavon Brehon and Aspen Leigh Cagle pled guilty in court Wednesday July 16.