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Massive Hwy. 53 project lurches forward
According to Georgia Department of Transportation officials, a massive Highway 53 project that has languished for decades will go to bid September 2024, with…
Angela Reinhardt January 25, 2023
DNR’s “Operation Viper” leads to numerous charges for venomous snake trafficking
DNR Press release SOCIAL CIRCLE – On January 12, 2023, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division (DNR LED) and Florida Fish…
Submitted Article January 25, 2023
Set up for gardening with early soil test
By Justin Fellenbaum, Agriculture & Natural Recourses/4-H Agent University of Georgia Extension – Pickens County As we go through the winter months in anticipation of…
Submitted Article January 25, 2023
Refuge in Jesus signs lease for new building, permits pending
“When God is for it, it doesn’t matter who is against it,” says homeless shelter leader Refuge in Jesus, the homeless shelter that has…
Angela Reinhardt January 18, 2023
Tommy Gartrell chosen as school board chair; Steve Lowe will be vice-chair
Only moments after Pickens’ Interim Superintendent Janet Goodman called to order the Thursday, Jan. 12 meeting of the Pickens County Board of Education and…
Larry Cavender January 18, 2023

GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
Capitol Beat News Service - ATLANTA - The 26-year-old activist shot to death by law enforcement in Atlanta last week legally purchased the gun...
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Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News ServiceATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp likes to tout how his smart shepherding of state resources and track record landing...
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Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - The widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is headed into...
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Jasper needs marble art: Can we get a fountain over here?
By Dan Pool, Editor dpool@pickensprogress.com As the old saying goes, Jasper, you’ve come a long way baby. The business owners downtown have really...
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2023 – From a 1923 perspective
What do you think the world will look like in 2123? No more kitchens? No poverty? Shorter work weeks? One hundred years ago, in...
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When is big too big?
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com There he was. Peering at me from across the restaurant waiting room in his buck-toothed, Barney-Fife wonderment. At...
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Dragons & Nettes Vs. Wesleyan

Dragons & Nettes Vs. Wesleyan

By Submitted Article on January 16, 2023

Photos/Robin Dunn

Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland

Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland

By Capitol Beat on January 12, 2023

By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp likes to tout how his smart shepherding of state resources and track record…

Dragons & Nettes Vs. Northwest Whitfield Slideshow

Dragons & Nettes Vs. Northwest Whitfield Slideshow

By Staff Writer on January 9, 2023

All Photos/Robin Dunn. Pickens Vs. Northwest Whitfield @ Pickens High School