By Glenn Harbison, News-Observer

The Times-Courier, the newspaper of record for Gilmer County, is staying put in downtown Ellijay.

A fleet-footed Ellijay native recently traveled south to Savannah to cross a challenging 5K off his bucket list. When race was done, Al Fuller had finished first in his age group. 

One of their biggest albums celebrated a “Champagne Jam,” so it’s only fitting that a local winery will soon welcome veteran Georgia rockers Atlanta Rhythm Section.

Ellijay-Gilmer County Water and Sewerage Authority board members approved purchasing over $300,000 of pipe and other materials for the next phase of extending water service in the Roundtop Road are

Qualifying for several Gilmer County offices started Monday, March 4. The last day to qualify is Friday, March 8.

Smoke that drifted into lower lying areas of Gilmer County last week was likely from a prescribed, controlled burn in the Owltown Mountain area. 

Above are Gilmer High senior wrestlers Carson Farist and Taylor Schiesser.

East Ellijay has put a 180-day moratorium on plats for new subdivisions as the city’s zoning ordinance is reviewed and possibly updated. 

City Barber Shop owner Marcelle Lowry prepares her final customer, David Westmoreland, to get his hair cut at the end of the shop’s last day of business Thursday, Feb. 22.