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Cryptocurrency Mining Stirring Concerns Across Rural Georgia
Opposition is growing across Georgia to cryptocurrency mining, the process of creating Bitcoins and other forms of virtual currencies at giant server farm sites. Residents of Gilmer County in the North Georgia mountains recently beat back a proposed rezoning to allow a cryptocurrency server farm in that rural community. Just north of Gilmer, the Fannin County Commission has enacted a ban on crypto mining. And several hundred miles to the...
Watch for Cove Road closure June 4-6
The city of Jasper announced at a work session Thursday they will be working on shoulders, retaining barriers and overhanging trees along the portion of Cove Road between the intersection of Still Hollow and Grandview Road June 4-6th. This will result in road closures between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Over 3,000 Veterans Served by Highland Rivers in Past Decade
More than 3,300 veterans have been served by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health over the past decade, according to a new report released by the agency. “Services to Veterans, 2013-2023” is a retrospective data report about the agency’s services to veterans during an 11-year period from Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2023. Key findings showed the following: ...
Civil War skirmishes next topic at historical society meeting
Next in the Pickens Historical Society speaker series will be author and historian Gerald Flinchum discussing the civil war in North Cobb and South Cherokee Counties. Flinchum’s latest book Crossroads, Creeks and Clashes: Civil War Skirmishes in CHerokee and North Cobb Counties 1864 was published last year. The talk...
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