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While crops in Hart County saw minimal damage from Helene, cotton crops in Bulloch County were completely destroyed.

While crops in Hart County saw minimal damage from Helene, cotton crops in Bulloch County were completely destroyed.

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Hart County agriculture ‘dodged huge bullet’ from Helene

Rachel Black - Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Hurricane Helene, which left a barrage of destruction in its wake after making landfall in Florida last week, has left minimal damage on Hart County’s agriculture despite disastrous impacts on farms elsewhere in Georgia. “Our biggest row crops are corn and soybeans and...
Hart County’s first responders and residents come together to clean up storm debris and downed power lines along Lightwood Rd. Friday following Hurricane Helene. Photo by Bill Powell/The Hartwell Sun

Hart County’s first responders and residents come together to clean up storm debris and downed power lines along Lightwood Rd. Friday following Hurricane Helene. Photo by Bill Powell/The Hartwell Sun

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Helene greets Hart County with down trees and power lines

Patrick Fargason - Editor and Publisher
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Hurricane Helene, the deadly Category 4 storm which made landfall in Steinhatchee, FL Sept. 26, worked it’s way through Hart County last Friday. Around 7 a.m. that morning, Helene’s eye passed right over Hartwell’s downtown square.
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New hemp law takes effect soon in Georgia

News Staff
Thursday, September 26, 2024
ATLANTA - A Georgia hemp industry that has been manufacturing and selling hemp products virtually unfettered since Congress legalized it six years ago is about to get some significant regulation. Legislation the General Assembly passed this year that takes effect Oct.
Photo by Blace Wheeler

Photo by Blace Wheeler

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New Hartwell housing development receives DCA funds

Rachel Black - Staff Writer
Thursday, September 26, 2024
More affordable housing for low-income families is coming to Hartwell. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has awarded a LIHTC (low-income housing tax credit) grant for The Bridges at Lincom, a proposed 54-unit family housing development to be located on Ridge Road.
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Georgia unemployment increases for fourth straight month

News Staff
Thursday, September 26, 2024
ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate rose in August for the fourth month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The state’s jobless rate of 3.6% last month was up two-tenths from July’s 3.4% but still six-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate.