CTAE Director Dora Lucas (middle) shares a laugh with seniors Alexa Gasca (left) and Kamdyn Vandergriff (right) at the inaugural Chick-fil-A Leader Academy meeting on Wednesday. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Saturday, August 29, 2026
By Hannah CaudellHabersham Central High School has begun creating a foundation of leaders for its new Chick-fil-A Leader Academy program.
A sign protesting eminent domain on the Irvins’ property sits on the shoreline of their property. Demorest plans to draw water at the site and build a water treatment plant. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Friday, August 28, 2026
By Samantha Sinclair, Megan Horn and Noah AnsleyWhen it comes to water, Demorest is the king in Habersham County.
Blaine Lyle poses in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert ship in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Submitted)
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
By Noah AnsleyBlaine Lyle saw joining the Coast Guard as an opportunity to serve his country while getting tuition covered as he attends college. Throughout his six-and-a-half years of service in the Coast Guard, that opportunity has brought him three promotions and to four states.
Jim Mitchell, a math and computer science teacher at Habersham Central High School, helps Tristan Evans with an assignment in the high school’s newest computer science pathway class. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Friday, August 21, 2026
By Hannah CaudellIt’s a new year for Habersham Central High School students, and it comes with a new Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) pathway: Computer Science.
Local artist Renee Royal starts painting a crosswalk on Monroe Street Monday morning. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
By Samantha SinclairMore and more mountain laurels are popping up in Clarkesville.Three crosswalks on city-maintained streets downtown are being repainted with mountain laurel images as a community project funded through the Mountain Laurel Festival.
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The trail will cross over the existing railroad pylons in Tallulah Falls Lake onto property Demorest is seeking to acquire for a water treatment plant. (Kristen Adkinson/Staff)
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Habersham Central players run on to the field during last year’s game against Stephens. (Landen Todd/Staff)
Habersham Central senior wide receiver Drake Roland (19) runs with the ball during the football game between Habersham Central and Hart County at Herndon Stadium on Friday, Aug. 21. (Landen Todd/Staff)
County Administrator Darrin Giles, RCWSA Chairman Sam Beck
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Officer Matthew Cook speaks about his use of the Flock system as an employee of the Gainesville Police Department during a townhall-style meeting hosted by Citizens for a Free Lumpkin. (Keith Murden/CNI News Service)
Mayor Barrie Aycock's last Clarkesville City Council meeting was Dec. 8, 2025. Aycock was elected to the Clarkesville City Council in 2013, with her term starting in January 2014. She resigned in January 2016 to run for mayor in a special election, and began her term as mayor in March 2016.
