• School starts Tuesday in Pickens County
• Crescent Bank closed, to be reopened by Renasant Bank-- all deposits safe
• Monday lightning strikes result in three structure fires, four dead horses
• Candlelight vigil held for slain mother; neighbors remember second shooting victim Wayne Poole
• Commissioner reluctantly repeals firearm ordinance, presents audit at monthly meeting
• Fundraising underway to help save WIVL radio
• School Supply Lists
• Donate to help support CARES' back-to-school program
• Progress files request for sealed documents from grand jury investigation of schools
• MCT hikers take to the stream
• REVISED -- Lowe wins one school board seat; Mitton and Fincher in runoff for second
• Two dead, one hospitalized following triple shooting in Whitestone area
• Bent Tree group opposes any deer kill options in future forest plan
• Jasper in top 30th percentile of Census' incorporated places

• Get precinct-by-precinct election results from last week's primaries. See pages 11A and 6B for your area's totals.
• Get Creative to sell your home -- Real estate expert offers tips on doing what you can to sell a home in a less-than-desirable market, Page 6B

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• No excuse for not making backups
• Cloud computing, something small business may want to consider
• iPad or iFad? --- From the Progress Tech Columnist
• Password protection essential for everyone
• Experiment with different browsers to see what works best for you
• Ubuntu offers great way to extend life of older computers
• No cable television, No problem -- a look at video online
• A look at cell phones

• Holy Spirit Ranch scales back summer activities due to looming foreclosure
• Pickens bank robber police chase caught on video
• Armed robbery at Crescent Bank ends in high-speed chase
• Pickens 81st fastest growing county in nation
• Mayor's Duck Race coming this Saturday
• June unemployment rate declines slightly to 10.0 percent
• Overdue honor now in place for fallen soldier David Collins
• Community helps cancer survivor after theft of empty cans
• Commissioner meets July 1 -- agenda
• Special Grand Jury concludes investigation of school's reporting in recent teacher/student sex case
• May unemployment rate unchanged at 10.4 percent here
• Rescued” kitten exposed Cherokee County family and vet assistant to rabies
• Walmart plans to hire 285 for Jasper store
• Celebrate summer and art at solstice festival, June 22
• Theft of empty cans leaves cancer survivor lacking gas/food money
• Commissioner says downtown land purchase just parking for now
• Area door-to-door Census on schedule
• Road hearings June 10th look at Wal Mart impact; abandoned roads
• Shooting the Breeze with Willie Mae Weaver
• Summer events at library
• Local land trust sponsors five-mile hike June 5
• Board of Education candidates to speak to Republicans
• 15 traffic deaths in Georgia predicted over Memorial Day holiday
• $1.7M on chopping block in 2011 school budget
• Property tax collections on schedule
• Agenda from Commissioner's May 27th meeting
• April unemployment rate declines to 10.4 percent
• Jasperse humbled by election to state house; opponent Moss in consideration over continuing with primary campaign
• D.A. seeks grand jury investigation into alternative school decision
• Winners of the 2010 Sassafras Literary Exchange's youth writing contest
• Multi-person commission, uphill racing legislation updates
• Seven school board candidates enter race
• Golf carts will roll on Jasper's backstreets
• Boom, bust, rock bottom: County issues just one house permit in March
• Amanda Mercier appointed as superior court judge
• Airport expansion projects nearing completion
• Jasper: Besieged by buzzards
• State legislature’s property tax meddling criticized at Board of Assessors meeting
• Annual road race not across finish line yet, commissioner says
• Good Samaritan admissions up 25 percent
• Georgia Lottery announces record first half; presents Pickens County benefits
• Amicalola EMC sued over easement policy
• Bomb Hoax at JMS leads to evacuation
• Impassioned public turns out to hear about commission alternatives
• $5.3 million in property taxes still uncollected
• Click here to view multi-person commission draft legislation for the 2010 election
• Website tracking North Ga. politics

• Local man debuts Civil War novel set in Pickens County
• Pickens County recycling primer
• Modern hawk hunting keeps falconry soaring in North Georgia
• From the pen of Ben McCollum: A personal account of a Civil War killing
• Signing On, Jasper: All-handicapped operated radio station in Jasper gives a voice to the disabled
• Hans Rueffert takes over Woodbridge Inn after parents hang up the apron
• North Georgia project holds rich promise for last golden warblers
• Cherokee storyteller Freeman Owle captivates Reinhardt College audience
• Lives being transformed in weight loss, nutrition program
• Organic living in the modern age, without the trendy pretension
• Weaving tragedy and humor - Georgia author of the year Ray Atkins discusses second novel
• What happened to marble jobs here?
• Website tracking North Ga. politics
• An Appalachian Voice on Edward Townsend (1789-1860) Part II
• Run-down Armadillo found near Talking Rock
• Confederate grave marked at Bethesda Church in Nelson
• Slow food movement picking up speed
• County property inventory
• New website recognizes Pickens Veterans
• The ‘Sacred Harp’ tradition of singing: Still alive and well
• Taking the banjo back to the pre-recording days
• Scam ad in Progress turned over to GBI - Fraud fastest growing, hardest to solve crime

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