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Category Archives: Bartow County

Bartow/Gordon: One Lane of I-75 Closed Beginning Friday

Bartow/Gordon: One Lane of I-75 Closed Beginning Friday

February 10th, 2022 – 4:10 PM GDOT – Weather permitting, crews will replace the overhead signs above the northbound lanes of I-75. The work will close the right northbound lane each night.  WHEN: Friday, February 11 through Thursday, February 17 from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m.WHERE: The northbound right lane of I-75 will be closed between mileposts…read more

[[VIDEO] Sen. Warnock calls for extension of Expanded Child Tax Credit

[[VIDEO] Sen. Warnock calls for extension of Expanded Child Tax Credit

February 9, 2022–8:33 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Today, U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined a group of his fellow lawmakers, including Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01), to encourage Americans to file their taxes to access the second half of their enhanced Child Tax Credit (CTC) and…read more

Gas prices up again

Gas prices up again

February 7, 2022–12:50 p.m. AAA SOUTH Gas prices continue to rise. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.24 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 4 cents more than a week ago, 13 cents more than last month, and 96 cents more than this time last year. According to AAA, Russia’s intentions…read more

[VIDEO] Dr. Gary Voccio gives COVID-19 Update

[VIDEO] Dr. Gary Voccio gives COVID-19 Update

February 6, 2022–12:36 p.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, updates us on the coronavirus in Northwest Georgia. Everyone ages 5 years and older is eligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine, and everyone 12 years and older is eligible for…read more

New employee resource center opens in Bartow

New employee resource center opens in Bartow

February 5th, 2022 – 1:00 PM WBHF Radio – (Via WBHF Radio) One of the top employers in Bartow County is looking to grow more jobs and ensure it has enough trained workers in 2022. NOTS Logistics, which manages a 1million sq. foot tire warehouse and manufacturing operation, is opening a new employee resource center in…read more

Truck fire shuts down I-75 near Adairsville Wednesday

Truck fire shuts down I-75 near Adairsville Wednesday

February 2, 2022–5:18 p.m. WBHF RADIO A tractor-trailer fire shut down two lanes of I-75 northbound just past Adairsville for about two and a half hours Wednesday The fire quickly spread to the shoulder of the road and the median. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services had two engines, a squad, and a Battalion Chief…read more

Vaccines remain effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths

Vaccines remain effective at preventing COVID-19 deaths

February 2, 2022–10:22 a.m. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH According to the latest statistics from the Georgia Department of Public Health, there is a possibility of still getting COVID-19 if you are vaccinated.  However, the vaccine continues to prove effective in preventing hospitalization or death. From January 2 of 2021 to January 26 of this…read more

Units 3 and 4 at Plant Bowen to stay online until 2035

Units 3 and 4 at Plant Bowen to stay online until 2035

February 2, 2022–10:07 a.m. WBHF RADIO Georgia Power aims to close nearly all of its coal fleet in a shift toward natural gas and renewable energy. On Monday, the company filed its 2022 Integrated Resource Plan, which sets Georgia Power’s agenda for the next 20 years. This plan calls for the retirement of 12 generating…read more

Flood Watch issued for the area

Flood Watch issued for the area

February 2, 2022–7:18 a.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for most of North Georgia from Thursday morning through Friday morning.  Floyd, Bartow, Chattooga, and Gordon Counties are all included in the watch area. Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone…read more

Raffensperger defends 2020 election count

Raffensperger defends 2020 election count

February 1, 2022–10:53 a.m. STAFF REPORTS Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was a guest on WRGA’s First News on Tuesday to, in his words, set the record straight about the 2020 Election. “Here’s what really happened in Georgia,” he said.  “28,000 Georgians skipped the presidential race and yet they voted down-ballot.  David Perdue got…read more