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Who says women can't weld?

Chattahoochee Tech has graduated its first female welding graduate from the Jasper campus. Courtney Garner of Acworth spoke with us about her career aspirations and what it's like being a woman in a man's world in this week's print edition.
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Habitat breaks ground on house number 12, plans warehouse sale this Saturday

Pickens' chapter of the non-profit Habitat for Humanity has been forging ahead: breaking ground on one new house, plus picking families for upcoming project. The group will also hold a warehouse sale, Sept. 11th. For more information see pages 9A and 15A.




Top Stories
  • DDA meeting turns into roundtable on economy
  • School Board meets Thursday, 9-9 agenda posted
  • New state rep. Rick Jasperse discusses tax fairness and reform
  • Forward Pickens says sole commissioners are wave of the future
  • Political forum on multi vs. sole commission September 13th
  • PHS prepares for homecoming parade
  • Animal pet beauty contest underway
  • Smokey Hollow church in need of repair
  • Congressman Graves Announces Annual 9th District Congressional Art Competition
  • Experts speak on Pickens job market, offer advice to unemployed in part two in joblessness series
  • Unemployment’s impact more than just financial -- Mental pain, loss of self-esteem
  • Somebody Else, Somewhere Else: The Raymond Andrews Story -- documentary on Ga. novelist coming Sept. 23
  • Frustrations fly over stalled airport project

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  • The much anticipated annual community book sale is coming this weekend. All proceeds will benefit the Pickens County Library. Details about the event can be found on Page 6A.
  • Businesses that create jobs can get tax breaks here. Learn how on the the front page.

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USED BOOK SALE GOING ON NOW - - Book lovers get out your wallets because the annual community book sale is underway. Visit the Appalachian Campus of Chattahoochee Technical College today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Pickens County Library.

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Recent Stories
  • Ga. law enforcement reports 13 traffic fatalities over holiday weekend
  • After notification of failed tests, county says water safe for drinking
  • Horse put down after stepping though floor of trailer traveling Hwy 515
  • Dunn family will soon boast three generations of pharmacists
  • Boys & Girls Club announce building campaign
  • Shooting the Breeze with Kenneth Kincaid
  • Volunteer VA office organizing here
  • No drugs found at PHS drug sweep
  • Schools appeal AYP status
  • Following public records request, chair of Republican Party taken off county payroll
  • Off duty detective on bike ride draws pistol to stop attacker
  • Building green, creating community in the meantime
  • Sheriff cracking down on speeding in school zones
  • Renasant's Ga. president talks about Crescent Bank acquisition
  • 2010 sees rise in snakebites for pets, North Georgia vet explains
  • Crescent Bank closed, to be reopened by Renasant Bank-- all deposits safe
  • Candlelight vigil held for slain mother; neighbors remember second shooting victim Wayne Poole
  • Bent Tree group opposes any deer kill options in future forest plan
  • Commissioner says downtown land purchase just parking for now
  • $1.7M on chopping block in 2011 school budget
  • Boom, bust, rock bottom: County issues just one house permit in March
  • Amanda Mercier appointed as superior court judge
  • Amicalola EMC sued over easement policy
  • Click here to view multi-person commission draft legislation for the 2010 election


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Community Interest Stories
  • Local man debuts Civil War novel set in Pickens County
  • Pickens 81st fastest growing county in nation
  • Cricket swinging into Pickens?
  • MCT hikers take to the stream
  • Jasper in top 30th percentile of Census' incorporated places
  • Pickens County recycling primer
  • Modern hawk hunting keeps falconry soaring in North Georgia
  • From the pen of Ben McCollum: A personal account of a Civil War killing
  • 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
  • Website tracking North Ga. politics
  • What happened to marble jobs here?
  • An Appalachian Voice on Edward Townsend (1789-1860) Part II
  • Run-down Armadillo found near Talking Rock
  • Confederate grave marked at Bethesda Church in Nelson
  • Slow food movement picking up speed
  • 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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