By Angela Reinhardt Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com Just a few weeks after a short-lived snow that turned Pickens into more of an ice-glazed wasteland than a...

Music of the Impressionists from France and England will be presented on Monday January 27, 2025 as part of the Casual Classics 2024-2025 Concert Series.…

By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Corrections asked state lawmakers Tuesday for…

Jan 22, 2025 · Obituaries for January 23, 2025; Truman Roach, Chandler Humphries, Laura Anderson, Olin Chastain, Amy Gray, Anthony House, Jack Mullinax, Steve Olsen, Martha Rampley

Nov 6, 2024 · The T-Splost, a one-cent sales tax for local road improvements, failed by a thin margin of just 44 votes out of the 20,000 cast in that ballot question — 9,978 (49,89 percent) Pickens voters voted for the measure, with 10,022 (50.11 percent) voting against. House Rep. Rick Jasperse (R) took 85.1 percent of the votes, or 17,346 in that race, with Kayla Hollidield (D) taking 14.9 percent, or ...

Nov 19, 2024 · Commission Chair Kris Stancil presented a $40,213,437 proposed 2025 budget Monday at the November commissioners meeting, showing a 7.47 percent increase over 2024. According to the PowerPoint presentation, the “increase in revenue is due to real growth tax effects, sales tax, and service revenue.

Dec 11, 2024 · News for Pickens County, GA

Oct 30, 2024 · Go to your polling location on election day By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service, Staff Reports from Pickens County Pickens County has seen a record number of early voters for this presidential election. As of Tuesday morning, 11,843 early ballots had been cast. Pickens appears prim

Voters may begin casting early ballots to choose the presidential nominees for both parties on Monday, February 19th at the recreation center in Roper…

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