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Chris Saucier said revised plans for major modifications at Chatuge Dam are “a pretty big, positive step forward” to relieve ...

Five Fannin County firefighters made up a select group who helped train fellow firefighters at the Fire Department ...

Food Lion has launched its sixth annual Food Lion Feeds campaign to address childhood food insecurity. Now through July 15, ...

The Fannin County Public Library filled up with kids last Friday, eager to get up close with some snakes. At the 11 a.m.

A 13-year-old boy from Fulton County, Georgia, lost his life in what is being investigated as a drowning in Blue Ridge Lake ...

The Fannin County Senior Center has officially reopened its doors to the excitement of seniors and staff alike.

Visitors come to the Morganton Mountaintown Baptist Association’s (MMBA) food bank for many reasons. Seven-year-old Ocean ...

The Buck Bald Beautification Brigade gathered together to pick-up trash along Highway 68 in Copperhill Wednesday, August 4. Shown, from left, are Tennessee Litter Grant Director for Polk County ...

A large scale investigation by several law enforcement agencies has resulted in multiple drug trafficking charges against two individuals.

Each student collected a wreath to place during the Wreaths Across America service project that Copper Basin High School’s (CBHS) senior class attended. Pictured at the event, from left, are seniors ...

The resident of a home on Blue Ridge Lake escaped just moments before a fire that erupted on the exterior consumed the entire house, but two firefighters battling the blaze were transported to the ...