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BREAKING NEWS
BRAG riders find a warm welcome in Washington-Wilkes
A welcome spray of cool water met the 1,400 BRAG bicycle riders who arrived Friday morning as the Washington Fire Department manned their ladder-mounted hose high above Hospital Drive near the finish line to Friday More...
Some 1,400 BRAG bike riders to arrive Friday morning
By KIP BURKE news editor

Some 1,400 bicycle riders will arrive Friday morning as the 2009 Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) comes to Washington for an overnight stay. Live music and extended shopping hours are planned downtown to welcome the BRAG riders, said Washington-Wilkes Tourism Director Ashley Barnett. "Come downtown Friday night to welcome all of the BRAGers and their families. More...

GBI, FBI, BATF investigating connection between Tignall bomb and an arrested felon

Investigators from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, and the BATF are continuing to investigate last week's discovery of a suspected bomb in a Tignall neighborhood. More...

 News
• article has image Kiwanis scholarships awarded
Sheena Kopecky (center) and Graham Wolfe (right) were awarded the annual Kiwanis Club of Washington scholarships by club president Sherry Hudson at a recent meeting of the club. More...
• article has image Describes ministries at Pre-Release Center
• Library activities offer laughs, magic and fun next week
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 The Office Cat
• article has image The Office Cat
Do snakes travel in pairs?
W ayne Madden told me about a recent encounter with a snake(s). Already knowing that Wayne writes a story quite well, I asked him if he would write his own account of the incident. What he gave me is a bit long for this column, but because it's a good story and well written, I decided to use all of it. Here it is. . . . More...
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 Opinions
• article has image Of all the stupid things I've done, running over myself may be tops
When the discussion turns to all the stupid things we did when we were young, I usually win. When I was 18, I ran over myself with my own car. While I was sitting in the driver's seat. We'd just graduated from h igh school and it was the perfect warm summer night for me and my girl of the moment, Kay, to be cruising around in my yellow 1957 MGA convertible. More...
• article has image Book Review
• article has image Cartoon
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 Letters
• Toombs House closing unsatisfactory
TO THE EDITOR: I read with concern the article about the Georgia Deptartment of Natural Resources laying off folks operating the Robert Toombs House. Washington has a lot to offer our tourist friends visiting our wonderful city. The Robert Toombs House is one of the places that makes our town a great place to visit. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Played basketball over 75 years ago!
Mabel Johnson was welcomed to the first women's alumni basketball game by Coach Don Keiser. Mrs. Johnson is 94 years old and played forward on the 1931-32 W-W basketball team. She was the oldest alumni to be in attendance and a remarkable "young lady" at that! More...
• 'Fun' horse show will be held rain or shine on Sat., June 27
• T.J. & Friends Ride Against Cancer set for Sat., June 27
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 Obituaries
• Emily Brown James
Graveside services for Emily Brown James, 91, of Gainesville were held at Cartecay United Methodist Church in Ellijay with Rev. Hugh Cauthen officiating. She died May 28, 2009. Mrs. James was born in the Bethel community of Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Burrell Ficklen and Kate Smith Brown. More...
• Valeria Vaughn Bradley
• Addie Cherry
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 Personalities
• article has image Heath appointed to board for national quality award
Lieutenant Colonel Garrett D. Heath of the Chief of Staff of the Army's Enterprise Task Force located in the Pentagon, has been appointed by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Deputy Director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to the 2009 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. More...
• article has image Darcy Newsome graduates at Yale School of Forestry
• article has image Megan Nicole Patterson marries Timothy Cody Schmotz on May 2
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 Don't Forget
• article has image Don't Forget
Heard's Chapel Baptist Church will have a children's day program on Sunday, June 14, 3 p.m. Rev. Demetrius Porter and the New Hope Baptist Church will be in charge of services. . More...
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