• Georgia Lottery announces record first half; presents Pickens County benefits
• School superintendent's contract renewed
• Nelson Council holds two closed sessions on personnel matter
• More charges pending against school teacher arrested for sexual assault
• Sheriff still seeking clues on maker and purpose of pipe bomb found last week
• HONK! -- PHS Drama prepares for upcoming production
• Multi-person legislation introduced
• Pickens TEA Party to lead Next Steps forum March 23rd
• In this week's 'Unshelved' we review No Impact Man by Colin Beavan
• NEW FEATURE - 'Unshelved: Book reviews for the high-minded, the low-minded and everyone in between.' This week we examine 'The Help'
• PHS Academic Bowl Team wins state championship
• Easter egg hunt preparations now underway
• City flag finalists announced, and other news from the Jasper council meeting

• Clark Howard opens his mountain home to the public. See page 9A to see how you can get a peek.
• Third wave of H1N1? See front page to see how Pickens County Health Department is preparing.

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• No excuse for not making backups
• 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

• Local author writes fly fishing guidebook
• Swinging with Jasper's Allen Christopher Ensemble
• Multi-person legislation expected to be introduced to Gen. Assembly
• Latest unemployment rises to 11.6 percent in North Georgia area
• School Board meets Thursday -- agenda
• Ga. unemployment crisis deepening, says state labor commissioner
• Amicalola EMC sued over easement policy
• County will likely have to borrow to make up shortfall in tax collections
• Nathan Deal resigns from Congress to run full-time for governor
• Man drowns after wandering from car wreck
• Bomb Hoax at JMS leads to evacuation
• Gas prices rise in Georgia; up 76 cents per gallon from same time last year
• Get money for rent, utilities and down payment assistance
• Special Education department under fire following court ruling
• Pickens' economic front: Three new firms say there are silver linings
• Impassioned public turns out to hear about commission alternatives
• County business licenses show steady decline
• Holy Spirit Ranch faces foreclosure
• Drug Task Force commander schools teachers and parents
• County completes purchase of building for fire station
• Andrew Haygood wins county spelling bee --- again
• Pickens Tea Party is Up and Moving
• Mental evaluation ordered on man charged with killing mother
• Family rallies to give one of their own peace of mind following cancer diagnosis
• $5.3 million in property taxes still uncollected
• Democrat enters race for 9th District Congress
• From the Downtown Development Authority meeting: Economic times slip from bad to worse
• Longtime County Agent Rick Jasperse enters run for state house
• Click here to view multi-person commission draft legislation for the 2010 election
• New website tracking North Ga. politics

• Local man debuts Civil War novel set in Pickens County
• 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
• New website tracking North Ga. politics
• What happened to marble jobs here?
• 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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