Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2025 fall semester.   To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79 during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours.   President’s List Students for:

Erica Keiser, surgical technologist, prepares the new wireless ureteroscope for a procedure. Hamilton Medical Center is the first in the nation to use a new state-of-the-art wireless ureteroscope to assist with medical procedures involving the kidneys and ureter.   Doctors use ureteroscopes – long, thin tubes equipped with a light and camera – to diagnose and remove kidney stones, tumors and blockages in the urinary tract.   “This device allows us to perform minimally invasiv

The Calhoun Police Department has released their report on an arrest made near the Yellow Jacket Drive-In that occurred earlier this week, shutting down the highway. According to the official report, around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, Gordon County 911 advised radio traffic to be on the lookout for a 2011 silver Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with front and rear damage, bearing a Georgia Tag, advising that the operator of the truck was wanted in reference to charges for C

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who represents Georgia’s 11th district, which includes Gordon County, has issued the following statement on his decision not to seek re-election this year. “Serving the people of Northwest Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives is a tremendous honor; and throughout my six terms, I have focused on upholding the Constitution and representing the values of the Eleventh Congressional District and the great state of Georgia. “I first ran for ele

Sonoraville senior wide receiver Langston Butler accepted a scholarship offer by signing Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 to play football at Shorter University. Butler’s junior year was cut short after an injury which required surgery. He is what Phoenix head football coach Denver Pate described as an overcomer. “After what he went through last year, going down with a knee injury against Murray, just to watch him battle back and deal with that and the mental strain it puts on you is

Shyloh Chavez with Anderson Heating, Air and Insulation was on Coffee, Country & Great Conversation with Brent and Brandi at Georgia 101.7 recently, and discussed a couple of great rebate programs available by the state to assist residents with energy efficiency upgrades. The Home Efficiency Rebates (HER) and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) provide Georgians with rebates for whole home energy efficient retrofits or electrical appliance upgrades. Rebate amoun

At the Tuesday night, Feb. 3, 2026 meeting of the Gordon County Board of Commissioners, all five members voted unanimously to place a moratorium on the building of data centers in the county until the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) can be updated with regulations for the building and operations of such centers. Commissioner Chad Steward suggested the moratorium during the data center discussion in Tuesday night’s work session, saying he was going to bring the motion bef

New Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic Site will be hosting Super Museum Sunday on February 8 th , 2026, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Super Museum Sunday  is an annual statewide event started in the 1980s by the Georgia Historical Society as part of the annual Georgia History Festival .   Since the inauguration of the event in the 1980s, thousands of visitors have participated that would not normally visit these sites. What started as a small effort to encourage the public to explore l