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Category Archives: Gordon County

Christmas holiday travel period begins Tuesday

Christmas holiday travel period begins Tuesday

Sunday, December 22, 2024–5:50 p.m. -News Release- Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance (MCCD) Officers encourage motorists to exercise safe driving habits during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel periods.  To reduce the number of crashes and fatalities on Georgia roadways, State troopers and MCCD officers will be on high-visibility patrols…read more

GNTC, Dalton State College, Georgia Highlands College sign articulation agreement

GNTC, Dalton State College, Georgia Highlands College sign articulation agreement

Thursday, December 19, 2024–11:08 a.m. -News Release- Dalton State College, Georgia Highlands College, and Georgia Northwestern Technical College have created Northwest Georgia Connect, a new agreement to further educational opportunities for area students. Leaders from the three colleges signed an articulation agreement this week to create a partnership, called Northwest Georgia Connect, that will allow students…read more

Coosa Valley Credit Union wins Best in Georgia designation

Coosa Valley Credit Union wins Best in Georgia designation

Tuesday, December 17, 2024–10:47 a.m. -News Release- Coosa Valley Credit Union has been recognized as a 2024 Best of Georgia® winner in Georgia Business Journal’s annual readers’ poll in the category of Credit Unions.  This annual competition allows readers to vote for the best of everything in Georgia, honoring businesses and organizations in 25 different categories and community…read more

Georgia gas prices increase by a penny

Georgia gas prices increase by a penny

Monday, December 16, 2024–11:30 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices increased slightly at the pump compared to a week ago. Drivers pay an average of $2.91 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is a penny more than a week ago, 3 cents less than a month ago, and 6 cents less than this time last year.  Drivers…read more

Georgia gas prices hold steady

Georgia gas prices hold steady

Monday, December 9, 2024–8:15 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas price average remains steady at the pumps compared to a week ago.  Georgians are paying an average of $2.90 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.  Monday’ state average remains the same as a week ago, at 4 cents less than a month ago and 15 cents less than…read more

Authorities make prostitution arrest in Calhoun

Authorities make prostitution arrest in Calhoun

Monday, December 9, 2024–8:10 a.m. -Staff reports- Calhoun Police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant Friday at a business suspected of being involved in human trafficking. According to Calhoun Police: Evidence obtained during an investigation over several months led to the warrant at Curing Massage located at 514 South Wall Street.…read more

Gordon Sheriff deputies arrest two for theft spree

Gordon Sheriff deputies arrest two for theft spree

December 2nd, 2024 – 12:45 PM WRGA Staff Reports – According to a report by the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office, on November 27th, 2024 (at approximately 6:00 AM), deputies responded to a theft report involving a coin-operated air compressor at a convenience store near Calhoun. Witnesses described the suspects fleeing in a black Chevy SUV.…read more

Interview: Mercedes opens EV charging station in Calhoun

Interview: Mercedes opens EV charging station in Calhoun

Monday, December 2, 2024–11:55 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Motorists can now charge up their electric vehicles while shopping at Buc-ees in Calhoun. Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging has just opened a new charging station at the popular road trip destination at 601 Union Grove Road. The station is equipped with 10 CCS-compatible charging ports fit with…read more

Georgia gas prices cooling

Georgia gas prices cooling

Monday, December 2, 2024–10:00 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices are cooling off slowly at the pumps as the weather turns cold.  Georgians are paying an average of $2.90 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is 3 cents less than a week ago, 5 cents less than a month ago, and 5 cents less than last year.   It costs…read more

Mohawk files PFAS suit against chemical companies

Mohawk files PFAS suit against chemical companies

Sunday, December 1, 2024–4:53 p.m. -Staff reports- Calhoun-based Mohawk Industries has filed suit claiming they were kept in the dark regarding the risk of PFAS in products used to make carpet stain-resistant. Defendants in the suit filed last month in Whitfield County Superior Court include 3M, DuPont, Daikin America, and Chemours—which was formed in 2015…read more