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Vaughn – local census response vital

Gary Jones

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Elbert County Commission Chairman Lee Vaughn said Monday that it is of great concern that Georgia ... and in particular Elbert County ... isn’t responding well to calls for participation in the 2020 Census.

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About 20% will learn from home

Gary Jones

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

About one-fifth of the Elbert County school district’s students – 601 in all – will not be attending school, but will instead be learning online from home when schools open on Monday, Aug. 17.

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BOE considering facilities update

Gary Jones

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Elbert County’s Board of Education will consider four options for updating its facilities at a cost ranging from $8.7 million up to $13.

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Elbert to accept CARES funding

Rose Scoggins

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Elbert County is set to receive $735,851 from the Georgia Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Coronavirus Relief Fund after the Elbert County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted to accept payments at Monday’s regular meeting.

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Hobbs new SEPA administrator

Gary Jones

Monday, August 10, 2020

Virgil G. Hobbs III was selected as Administrator for the Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA), according to an announcement Monday issued by SEPA Human Resources Business Partner Amanda Adams. Hobbs succeeds Kenneth E. Legg who retired earlier this year, according to the announcement.

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June totals look good

Gary Jones

Monday, August 10, 2020

Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) Administrator Kerry Trapnell told the hospital authority last week that June’s numbers will hopefully be a model for how the hospital operates in the future.

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Elberton council adopts resolution for CARES funds

Rose Scoggins

Monday, August 10, 2020

The City of Elberton adopted a resolution Monday night to accept over $200,000 from the Georgia Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Coronavirus Relief Fund to be reimbursed for coronavirus (COVID-19) related expenditures.

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Sheriff surprise

Gary Jones

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Wesley McConnell, a veteran law enforcement officer who decided to “turn my badge in” a little over two weeks ago to pursue another career, has announced he will run as a write-in candidate in the November general election for Sheriff of Elbert County.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) recently released the results of a ‘health consultation’ at Elbert County Primary School, which is right across the road from Martin Fireproofing Georgia Inc. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Assessment made on health risk at ECPS

Gary Jones

Thursday, July 30, 2020

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has determined that past exposures to dioxins in the soil at Elbert County Primary School were “not likely” to harm school children who played in a contaminated area in the past.

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DPH tested, for free, 2,569 over four weeks at Civic Center

Gary Jones

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Over a four-week period beginning on June 22 the Georgia Department of Public Health tested 2,569 people for free at the Elberton Civic Center, according to an update from Elbert County Emergency Management Agency Director Chuck Almond and Deputy Director Beth Seymour.