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Category Archives: Chattooga County

Georgia gas prices on the rise

Georgia gas prices on the rise

May 10, 2021–9:13 a.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.76 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 6 cents more than a week ago, 6 cents more than last month, and $1.13 more than this time last year. It now…read more

GDOL Addresses Critical Labor Needs

GDOL Addresses Critical Labor Needs

May 8th, 2021 – 4:15 PM Georgia Department of Labor – Businesses across the state have reopened their doors and are gearing up for Georgia’s summer tourism rush. After 14 months of intensive effort to provide unemployment insurance benefits to over 1.2 million Georgians, the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) is shift its focus to…read more

Gas prices hold steady

Gas prices hold steady

May 3, 2021–6:50 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices have held steady for the past month. The state average is $2.70 per gallon. It now costs motorists $40.50 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that is $3.60 more than what motorists paid in January of 2020 when pump prices hit their peak of $2.46 per gallon. According to AAA,…read more

Outdoor burn ban now in effect

Outdoor burn ban now in effect

May 3, 2021–6:49 p.m. GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION The annual ban on outdoor burning I now underway in 54 Georgia counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. Affected residents are asked to refrain from burning yard and land-clearing debris during the hot summer months because smoke can negatively impact the state’s air quality by…read more

Potential for severe weather Monday and Tuesday

Potential for severe weather Monday and Tuesday

May 3, 2021–8:50 a.m. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE There is a transition to a more active pattern, several disturbances/frontal systems will increase the chances for strong to severe storms across the area both today (Monday) and again Tuesday/Tuesday night. Below are our current thoughts on the particular main hazards and timing. Today: The first disturbance will allow for scattered…read more

All state-run mass vaccination sites will allow for drive ups starting Monday

All state-run mass vaccination sites will allow for drive ups starting Monday

May 2, 2021–2:32 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Beginning Monday, all eight Mass Vaccination Sites operated by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) will allow drive-ups with no appointment necessary for the COVID-19 Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The Sites, including the one at the LakePoint Sports Complex in Bartow County, will administer the single-dose…read more

Things you can do now if fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Things you can do now if fully vaccinated against COVID-19

April 28, 2021–8:57 a.m. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL If you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 you can now start doing many things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control issued new guidelines earlier this week. What You Can Start to Do If you’ve been fully vaccinated: You can gather…read more

Dr. Voccio gives latest COVID-19 update

Dr. Voccio gives latest COVID-19 update

April 26, 2021–5:33 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 pandemic and immunization progress in Northwest Georgia. http://read more

DPH to resume J&J vaccinations in Georgia

DPH to resume J&J vaccinations in Georgia

April 24th, 2021 Georgia Department of Public Health – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today recommended that the United States should resume Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccinations. Pending the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) formal acceptance of the decision, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) will again offer J&J vaccine…read more