Eight members of the Kiwanis Club of Washington distributed dictionaries to all 140 third graders in Washington Wilkes Primary School last Friday. More...
The City of Washington held a called meeting of the mayor and city council Friday afternoon to consider proposed changes to the City Charter, and by the end of the meeting had reduced the number of charter changes they would propose to the state legislature from four to one. More...
Spring is bringing groups of tourists and travel writers to sample the attractions of Washington and Wilkes County, Tourism Director Ashley Barnett said.
“Washington is so beautiful in the spring,” she said, “and visitors are always so amazed at the homes and our downtown and what a quaint and graceful town we have. More...
Don’t forget that Sunday, March 14, marks the beginning of Daylight Savings
Time.
It’s early this year. That means that for a few weeks it’s going to be dark at 7:00 a.m. and some of us early morning walkers are going to either walk in the dark or wait a while. We are supposed to set our clocks and other timepieces More...
Rural communities all over the country are getting ready to apply for the biggest income tax refund in history – and it’s a refund Wilkes County has been partly cheated out of for 10 years. More...
TO THE EDITOR:
I would strongly suggest that the local elected officials of Washington Wilkes check all the facts and consider the mechanics of how to implement a TNR (Trap-Spay/ Neuter-Release) program before even remotely considering adopting such a program as suggested by Ms. Lear’s letter to The News-
Reporter.
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For the second race in a row, Josh Strang put his FMF Makita Suzuki on the top step of the podium, declaring himself the man to beat in this year’s Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series. The 21-yearold Australian’s latest win came at the Maxxis General GNCC, round two of the 13-round series, at Aonia Pass in Washington, and gives him a 14-point lead in the series standings. More...
Funeral services for Emily Callaway McDonald, 90, of Athens, were held Friday, March 5, 2010, in the First United Methodist Church, Athens. She died February 24, More...
Residents living in and around the Washington-Wilkes community can be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture on March 15.
The Washington Church of God will host Life Line Screening March 15 at the church located at 1365 Tignall Road, Washington. Appointments will begin at 10 a.m.
Four key points every person needs to know: More...
Madelyn Marie Davis
Blake and Angela Davis of Tignall announce the birth of their daughter, Madelyn Marie, on Tuesday, February 9, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens. Madelyn weighed 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and was 20 ½ inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Fred and Leonilda Matthews of Rabun County. More...
2010 Census forms should be arriving in mail soon