This young gray and yellow cat is sweet. She is spayed and vaccinated and ready to go to a lifetime home with lots of love. Visit or call the Washington- Wilkes Animal Shelter at 358 Brown Drive, or call 706-678-CATS for more information. More...
Jeanie R. Collins was named "Supervisor of the Year" at the annual Catalyst for Care Placement Conference held in Augusta on November 13. Collins was nominated for the award by Wilkes County DFCS Director Sharon Williamson. More...
By Sharon Vreland
This week we're putting the spotlight on two of our newer Christmas Tour homes. In 1912 Mrs. Lorenzo Smith, widow of the town buggy maker, pur- chased a lot between the homes of her two sons, R.R. and Harry Smith. She contracted J.B. More...
The Georgia department of Labor (GDOL) says that the unemployment rate in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 7.1 percent in September, 1.3 percentage points over the year from September 2007. More...
By Keneth Walker
Many of the events in life have much to do with timing. A week ago I traveled to Chicago for Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine annual award dinner. I arrived in the unseasonably warm windy city on a Thursday. More...
By Bonnie Boatwright Call 274-3264
My news is short this week because of the holiday. Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for all the blessings God gives us. More...
Visiting Mrs. Bernice McAvoy were Gail Galbreath, Ronnie McAvoy, Frances Ogletree, and Joyce Blackburn. ƒSally Hopkins and John Ivey visited Mrs. Elizabeth Ivey. ƒBilly Tutt and Alice Samuels visited Henry Butler and Welborn Avery. More...
David Vanhart, building official for the City of Washington, told members of the Washington Rotary Club about the many codes and ordinances he works with to make sure all structures, properties, and signs within the city limits are up to proper spe More...
National Native American Heritage Month will be celebrated at the Mary Willis Library on Friday, November 28, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday, November 29, from 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. There will be discussions on American Indian history and culture. More...
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