Daily News

Young Harris College students will begin arriving on campus on Monday, August 9, with staggered move-ins continuing through Sunday, August 15. Mark Jestel, the college’s new director of residence life, is leading the team responsible for student move-in logistics. Friday, Towns County Sheriff’s Office hosted a fundraiser for one of its own. Investigator William Conway and his family lost their home and possessions to fire on June 28. Friday, Gwinnett County Retired Firefighters brought their canteen unit to the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds and cooked hamburgers and hotdogs donated by Osborn Farms. Almost every week there is an announcement of broadband expansions in rural Georgia and North Carolina. Many of these are possible because of recent legislation involving the local Electric Membership Co-ops. Blue Ridge Mountain EMC General Manager Alan Glidewell recently explained their 10-year plan to make broadband available for 100% of the membership.