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Art Center to hold summer market through May 24

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Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Hartwell Art Center, located at 338 E. Howell St., is holding the Memorial Day weekend Summer Artisan Market from May 20-24. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 20 and 21, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 22 and 23 and noon to 4 p.m. on May 24, the center invites the public to shop.
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County looking to combat drug substitutes

Rose Scoggins - Editor and Publisher
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Hart County Board of Commissioners is working to combat the consequences of usage of marijuana and opiate substitutes by creating an ordinance to prohibit the sale of said substitutes.A second reading for the updates was held during the board's May 12 meeting after being introduced April 28.
Harmony House's Darrin Haley, director of clinical services, (left) and Laurie Whitworth, executive director (right) wore blue and held pinwheels outside the organization's Royston office in recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month earlier in April. The organization, which serves the counties that make up the Northern Judicial Circuit, including Hart County, serves victims of sexual assault and abuse across all ages. Photo courtesy of Harmony House Child Advocacy and Sexual Assault Center.

Harmony House's Darrin Haley, director of clinical services, (left) and Laurie Whitworth, executive director (right) wore blue and held pinwheels outside the organization's Royston office in recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month earlier in April. The organization, which serves the counties that make up the Northern Judicial Circuit, including Hart County, serves victims of sexual assault and abuse across all ages. Photo courtesy of Harmony House Child Advocacy and Sexual Assault Center.

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Harmony House works to serve survivors

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Thursday, April 30, 2026
By Madison Linton, Lead news reporterWhat many consider to be the unthinkable is, for others, an unavoidable, constant reality.
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EPD declares statewide drought

Rose Scoggins - Editor and Publisher
Thursday, April 30, 2026
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division declared a Drought Response Level 1 Monday,  in response to "the drought severity and the water resource impacts," across the state, which the press release noted the EPD has been "closely monitoring for months."According to the U.S.