Workers from the environmental testing contractor Verco of West Columbia, S.C., drill a 30-foot sampling well in the parking lot of the News-
Reporter,
part of the NAPA block Phase II Environmental Testing, on East Robert Toombs Avenue. More...
Facing a funding shortfall of more than $1.1 million, the Wilkes County Board of Education met in a workshop Friday afternoon to hear Superintendent Dr. Rosemary Caddell’s plan to deal with the problem. More...
The Washington Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will meet at City Hall Thursday, March 18, at 10:30 a.m. to consider proposals to build a hotel adjacent to the Pope Center. More...
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School (W-WCHS) and Washington-Wilkes Middle School (W-WMS) have announced Monday, March 22, as the date of a joint open house for parents and students of each school. More...
This beautiful mild, sunshiny weather is a reminder that we’ve got to get busy cleaning our property before the annual
Tour of Homes on April 2-3.
With all the cold and rainy weather we’ve had, some homeowners are late getting to clean yards, etc. . . . We had a cold and rainy week last week, with More...
TO THE EDITOR:
For the Mayor
and City Council:
One thing is for sure. We as a people have lost our focus. We have taken our eyes off of the prize – Jesus Christ. It is about God. It is about pleasing God to meet the needs of the people. More...
Turkey hunters across the state are practicing their yelps and clucks in preparation for the upcoming turkey season. Opening day is Saturday, March 20, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division anticipates that the 2010 season should be good, and harvest levels should be similar in comparison to the past several years. More...
Graveside services for Alma Thornton Gilreath, 82, of South Pecan Street, Washington, were held Saturday, March 13, 2010, in Resthaven Cemetery with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. More...
Tanya Fair, manager of the Sewing Center at God’s Marketplace, and Jennifer Slaton, GMI volunteer, prepare a shipment of over 225 pounds of clothing to be sent to a church in the Ukraine. These and other clothes no longer needed by God’s Marketplace have been packed and shipped not only to the Ukraine but to Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Haiti. More...
John Daniel Tyler
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Tyler of Montgomery, Ala., announce the birth of their son, John Daniel, on Wednesday, March 3, at Baptist East Hospital in Montgomery. John weighed seven pounds and was 19 ½ inches long. He has two sisters, Jane, eight, and Suzanne, six, and a brother, James, who was two on March 12. More...
The Wilkes County Young
Farmer Equipment Auction will
be held Saturday, March 20, 10
a.m., at the McGill-Woodruff Ag.
Center on U.S. Hwy 78 By-Pass,
Washington. Buy or sell. More...
Family offering $5,000 for arrest, conviction in Friday Skull Shoals hit-and-run