Park and recreation personnel Gary Watkins, left, and Jordan Hice, right, take a look at the deep end of the unfinished Gilmer County Swimming Pool last week on a day when crews weren’t working on

Student lunch prices will increase by 30 cents for the upcoming school year.

Nolan Hawthorne, singer/guitarist of The Band Waleska, front right, kicked off his shoes as the band played the Food Truck Tuesday event at River Park last week.

Five years ago, the real and personal property portions of the county’s tax digest totaled $1.56 billion.

A local author is excited that a TV series based on one of her novels could soon begin production.

Martha Wheeler sets her alarm clock for 6 a.m. on weekdays so she can wake up and get ready for work. On Friday, July 7, however, she got up before it went off.

Paving started last week on a portion of Progress Road from the intersection with Maddox Drive to the Old Highway 5 intersection.

The Gilmer County Optimist Club hopes to literally stuff a bus full of supplies during its 11th annual back-to-school drive.

When Mack Wood came home to East Ellijay after retiring from a long career with General Motors, he intended to take it easy for a while.