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This sweet puppers is a male Hound mix who was found on 111 Albion Street in McCaysville June 15. He has a white coat with brown patches on his face. He is shown with Animal Control Officer Luke McDonald. View him using intake number 195-22.

Adopt-A-Pet

Hannah Jack
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

If you’re in search of a fur-ever friend, look no further! The Fannin County Animal Control is the place to go!

The News Observer

Polk wants more rafting revenue

Hannah Jack
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

During the Polk County Commission budget meeting June 14, the commission board spoke on how whitewater rafting could bring in more money for Polk County in the future.

The Blue Ridge Cannery, located off East First Street in Blue Ridge, will open for the season Tuesday, July 5. The facility will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week until late September. Product must be ready for the cookers by noon.

Cannery to open

Hannah Jack
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

The Blue Ridge Cannery will begin full-time July 5, on a first come first serve basis.

McCaysville police officers are promising strict enforcement of the 25 miles-per-hour speed limit in the area of the new crosswalk on Toccoa Avenue/Highway 60 in front of Rolling Thunder River Company. This is the site, shown above, where a ten-year-old boy was killed as he attempted to cross the highway in 2013. With the river tubing season in full swing, the area is congested with traffic and pedestrians.

SLOW DOWN

Glenn Harbison
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

A crosswalk is now in place in McCaysville on Toccoa Avenue/Highway 60 in front of Rolling Thunder River Company, barely more than nine years after a ten-year-old boy was killed there crossing the