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.
Habersham resident Sydney Blackburn shows Baldwin City Council members a series of maps showing Gainesville's urban sprawl. She explained that she feared the same for Baldwin — and the county in general — with the newly proposed Cook Construction development. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
By Hannah CaudellResidents took their first opportunity to tell the Baldwin City Council how they felt about Cook Construction's newly proposed development Tuesday night.
Hay bales on Old Athens Highway sit in a field after recently being cut. Recent rain showers in the area have helped to bolster the growth of hay, while also causing some challenges to farmers. (Hannah Caudell/Staff)
Friday, August 14, 2026
By Hannah CaudellThe drought that began late last year may finally be coming to a close, though the Northeast Georgia region isn’t completely out of the woods yet.
Jenna Wade, owner of The PLANTique Market, tidies up the potting table at her business in front of Old Clarkesville Mill. She owns the building and the cabin next door, as well as land extending past the buildings. (Samantha Sinclair/Staff)
The Demorest City Council will now hold the hearing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16. It was originally scheduled to take place during the Sept. 1 regular meeting.
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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)
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The Habersham Central Raiders run onto the field during last year’s season. (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.
