• School Board meets Thursday -- agenda
• Gas prices in Georgia rise, but not as much as national average
• Forest Service Officer killed in hunting accident at Ocmulgee Bluff
• For Pickens School, March 12 in-service day now snow makeup date
• Ga. unemployment crisis deepening, says state labor commissioner
• School board defends special education program -- appeal filed in federal court
• County will likely have to borrow to make up shortfall in tax collections
• Amicalola EMC sued over easement policy
• City flag finalists announced, and other news from the Jasper council meeting
• From the pen of Ben McCollum: A personal account of a Civil War killing
• Local author writes fly fishing guidebook
• Nathan Deal resigns from Congress to run full-time for governor
• Special Education department under fire following court ruling

• TEA Party draws large, informed crowd at Fair Tax rally. See page 11A.
• Suspect arrested for last week's middle school bomb hoax. See page 19A.
• Nelson to move ahead with FiFa proceedings on those who have failed to pay city taxes. See page 16A.

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• No excuse for not making backups
• iPad or iFad? --- From the Progress Tech Columnist
• Password protection essential for everyone
• Experiment with different browsers to see what works best for you
• Ubuntu offers great way to extend life of older computers
• No cable television, No problem -- a look at video online
• A look at cell phones

• Man drowns after wandering from car wreck
• Bomb Hoax at JMS leads to evacuation
• Gas prices rise in Georgia; up 76 cents per gallon from same time last year
• Get money for rent, utilities and down payment assistance
• Pickens' economic front: Three new firms say there are silver linings
• Impassioned public turns out to hear about commission alternatives
• Latest round of winter weather produces little drama
• Side-by-side comparison of three and five person commission alternatives.
• Sheriff's office takes over campus security
• County business licenses show steady decline
• MADD asks legislators to put lock on drunk driving
• County completes purchase of building for fire station
• Andrew Haygood wins county spelling bee --- again
• Drug Task Force commander schools teachers and parents
• Holy Spirit Ranch faces foreclosure
• Pickens Tea Party is Up and Moving
• Family rallies to give one of their own peace of mind following cancer diagnosis
• Mental evaluation ordered on man charged with killing mother
• PHS & PCRC garner another Reader-of-the-Year award
• Recreation Department to offer spring basketball and soccer
• $5.3 million in property taxes still uncollected
• Mt. Zion missionary reports from earthquake-ravaged Haiti
• Democrat enters race for 9th District Congress
• Sen. Chip Pearson throws monkey wrench at commission-study group
• From the Downtown Development Authority meeting: Economic times slip from bad to worse
• More H1N1 flu vaccine now available
• Hans Rueffert takes over Woodbridge Inn after parents hang up the apron
• Hand washing remains top flu prevention measure
• Pickens resident Bert Loftman enters race for Congress
• Longtime County Agent Rick Jasperse enters run for state house
• Click here to view multi-person commission draft legislation for the 2010 election
• New website tracking North Ga. politics

• Local man debuts Civil War novel set in Pickens County
• Signing On, Jasper: All-handicapped operated radio station in Jasper gives a voice to the disabled
• Hans Rueffert takes over Woodbridge Inn after parents hang up the apron
• North Georgia project holds rich promise for last golden warblers
• Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle captivates Reinhardt College audience
• Lives being transformed in weight loss, nutrition program
• Organic living in the modern age, without the trendy pretension
• Weaving tragedy and humor - Georgia author of the year Ray Atkins discusses second novel
• What happened to marble jobs here?
• New website tracking North Ga. politics
• An Appalachian Voice on Edward Townsend (1789-1860) Part II
• Run-down Armadillo found near Talking Rock
• Slow food movement picking up speed
• Confederate grave marked at Bethesda Church in Nelson
• County property inventory
• New website recognizes Pickens Veterans
• The ‘Sacred Harp’ tradition of singing: Still alive and well
• Taking the banjo back to the pre-recording days
• Scam ad in Progress turned over to GBI - Fraud fastest growing, hardest to solve crime

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