By Michael Andrews Mountain Life Editor Like the cowboys and wandering gypsies they sing about, a local band led by a singing, songwriting husband and wife crosses wide terrain on their latest album. Surrender Hill, the rocking country/Americana group led by Robin Salmon and wife, Afton Seekins Salmon, recently put the finishing shine on Just Another Honky Tonk In A Quiet Western Town, a 24-song collection Robin described as not so much a double concept album, but two stand-alone albums that go together.

Proposed Gilmer County Animal Shelter design rendering.

Gilmer County Chief Registrar Tammy Watkins, center, receives the Frances Duncan Award from Leigh Combs, state elections liaison, left, and state Elections Director Blake Evans, right, at the recent Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials Conference.

Entertainers scheduled for the upcoming Dancing Goats FolkFest include The Buckskin Sheriff Band, above, as well as storyteller Chuck Reece, below left, and the music of Rowdy Yates, below right.

Above, Gilmer Sheriff’s Deputies Scott Camp, Stephanie Pim and Jeff Ellington pick up pizzas for their department from pickleball marathon participants Kelly Buddenhagen, Ruby Boes and Cathy Anderson. (Photos submitted by Ginny Jarvis)

Early Saturday morning, Gilmer Fire and Rescue personnel honored the lives of the 343 firefighters who helped evacuate thousands of people from the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, by climbing the equivalent of 110 floors at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium.

The mixed media assemblages of Atlanta artist Richard Russell are among pieces featured in two new Gilmer Arts Gallery exhibits.

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To accommodate larger turnouts, a free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site operated by Mako Medical has moved from the local health department to the parking lot of the Gilmer County Civic Center.

It wasn’t a good time to sit on a bench and watch the river flow as heavy rains from Hurricane Ida poured down for much of last Monday and Tuesday.