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Eleven firefighters graduate

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Fannin County’s newest firefighters graduated from an intensive training program during a special ceremony Saturday, December 2, at Fire Station #1 in Blue Ridge.

Elissa Nester: Words were loud, clear

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“Doc, go do your thing.” These were the words that then 25-year-old Elissa Lonsdale-Nester probably thought she would never hear, but heard them loud and clear during her time in Iraq in 2003.

Fire started outside Danielle’s Café

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Investigators know the fire that raced through a multi-unit business complex in downtown Blue Ridge Saturday, November 18, started outside the building, but its cause is still undetermined.

FIRE DESTROYS BLUE RIDGE BUSINESSES

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The investigation was continuing Monday to determine the cause of a Saturday fire that destroyed six downtown Blue Ridge businesses, partially damaged two others, left two more with light smoke dam