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Magnolia Estates was unaffected by COVID-19 until November ... then an outbreak occurred that, so far, has claimed the lives of eight residents at the long-term care facility in Elberton. (Photo by Jones)

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Nursing home statistics ‘staggering’

Gary Jones

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Since the spring of 2020 there have been severe COVID-19 outbreaks throughout the U.S., but perhaps nothing is as heartbreaking as the devastation that can occur within nursing homes and personal care homes.

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Make it to break

Gary Jones

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Although the Elbert County school system’s Friday COVID-19 report showed the system had 222 students quarantined, Monday night Elbert County School Superintendent Jon Jarvis said the plan is to continue face-to-face learning until students are released from school for Christmas break at 12:30 p.m.

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Runoff registration deadline is Dec. 7

Rose Scoggins

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

The last day to register to vote in the Jan. 5, 2021 runoff for the general election is Monday, Dec. 7 with early voting beginning Dec. 14. After failing to reach a majority in the Nov. 3 General Election, the runoff ballot includes races for both of Georgia’s U.S.

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Another shot at a budget for Bowman

Rose Scoggins

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

After almost a year of operating on the 2019 budget, the City of Bowman is scheduled to present and approve a budget for the 2021 fiscal year. City Clerk Crystal Duck announced at the city’s Nov.

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Paving approval

Rose Scoggins

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Portions of Nickville, Pulliam Mill and Welcome Church Roads will soon be paved after the Elbert County Board of Commissioners approved the list for the 2021 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant (LMIG) at a called meeting Nov. 24. Paving on Nickville Road will begin at Deep Creek and stretch 2.

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Board to add two

Gary Jones

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Elbert Memorial Hospital’s Authority Board will be adding former Whitlow Electric President Mike Webb and former Advantage Behavioral Administrator and former Bowman City Council member Tammy Dalton at the end of the year.

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Annie Hunt Burriss honored by GEDA

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Annie Hunt Burriss, CEcD, EdD, President AHB Solutions LLC, was made an Honorary Life Member by the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) at its Annual Awards luncheon last week.

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Billy Ray Brown, 89, dies

Gary Jones

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Billy Ray Brown, one of the most influential politicians in Elbert County from the early 1970s into the 1990s, died Thursday morning. He was 89 years old. A proponent of the Richard B.

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COVID rising in Elbert County

Gary Jones

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Numbers coming from the Elbert County School District Friday, an announcement from the school district on Saturday and numbers released Monday from the Georgia Department of Public Health all seem to point to a rise in COVID-19 cases that has alarmed community leaders.

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Schools ‘virtual’

Gary Jones

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Elbert County School Superintendent Jon Jarvis said Monday night that a weekend decision to switch the Elbert County school system to virtual online learning was simply because the school system was running out of school bus drivers.