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Cougars defeat Whitwell

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Copper Basin’s Cougars hosted Whitwell Friday, February 9, to wrap up the regular season home schedule, as district tournaments will get cranked up in the next two weeks.

Polk IED Board, Food City disagree

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Members of Polk County’s Industrial and Economic Development Board (IED Board) have agreed to continue negotiations with Food City over a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program, a tax abatement,

Akins indicted, picked up by feds

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Raymond Vandiver Akins is now in  U.S. government custody after his indictment by a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.