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Posted: Monday - March 23, 2009
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Youth is on their side
When the town’s mayor and city manager attend educational conferences, they are usually in a sea of gray heads.
Posted: Monday - March 23, 2009
Dalton recycle efforts soar
Dalton's leaders say great strides have been made in curbside recycling and there is more progress to come.
Posted: Sunday - March 22, 2009
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Reform school nightmare haunts Dalton man
The leather strap, a 1⁄8-inch piece of steel embedded in it, lashed across Don Smith’s buttocks. Over and over and over, the strap slammed into him until he couldn’t take any more.
Posted: Thursday - March 19, 2009
Dow unveils 'green' insulation in Dalton
The colors blue and green are primary hues in a new Styrofoam insulation to be produced at Dow Chemical’s plant here — the only place in North America to create the product.
Posted: Thursday - March 19, 2009
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Day care dilemma
There’s a domino effect slamming day-care facilities here: No job for a parent means no money for day care means less demand and layoffs at day-care centers.
Posted: Tuesday - March 17, 2009
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Whitfield pledges $1 million to help Tunnel Hill grow
Volkswagen suppliers. Restaurants. Tax revenues. Grant eligibility.
Posted: Monday - March 16, 2009
Whitfield backs Tunnel Hill sewer
Volkswagen suppliers. Restaurants. Tax revenues. Grant eligibility. These are a few of the benefits Tunnel Hill, Ga., leaders used in their lobby Monday night to get Whitfield commissioners to contribute $1 million to a sewer line.
Posted: Monday - March 16, 2009
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$500,000 Murray school bond vote Tuesday
Murray County school officials say bonds are the best way to fix a school in disrepair.
Posted: Sunday - March 15, 2009
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Georgia: Oxendine, Poythress discuss area plans
Still nearly two years away, the field already is crowded in the race for governor of Georgia.
Posted: Saturday - March 14, 2009
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Tunnel Hill: Officer uncovers 207 pounds of pot in car
An Interstate 75 traffic stop by a police officer here on Thursday turned into a felony drug bust netting more than 200 pounds of marijuana.
Posted: Thursday - March 12, 2009
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Threading past into economy
Heritage tourism will never replace the economic engine of the now sagging carpet industry, but local leaders say it could bring a significant injection of revenue.
Posted: Thursday - March 12, 2009
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Georgia: Safety commissioner lauds child car seat program
Teaching how to protect children who ride in a car is better than fining drivers who don’t, according to Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine.
Posted: Thursday - March 12, 2009
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Chattanooga: Civil War fortifications could protect Whitfield economy
ROCKY FACE, Ga. — Peppered along Rocky Face Ridge and in Crow Valley are fortifications that echo the history of cannon fire, assault and bloodshed.
Posted: Tuesday - March 10, 2009
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Dalton: Whereabouts of boater missing since Feb. 19 still a mystery
Posters of his face are plastered around Northwest Georgia businesses asking “Have You Seen Brett?”
Posted: Sunday - March 8, 2009
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Dalton: Promise seen for trade center
DALTON, Ga. — The new managers of the trade center here are optimistic about securing bigger events and generating more revenue.
Posted: Saturday - March 7, 2009
Walker County losing public works director
Whitfield County’s public works director has left the department after almost 19 years as a county employee.
Posted: Friday - March 6, 2009
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Dalton: Spouse abuse brings concern
An advocate for victims of domestic violence says she is seeing more spouse abuse cases — she believes triggered by layoffs and job cuts in the struggling economy.
Posted: Wednesday - March 4, 2009
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Dalton, Whitfield combine department for sake of savings
Whitfield County Commissioner Mike Cowan says he’d like to see Dalton and Whitfield County combine their governments, but the merger of one department each is a start.
Posted: Tuesday - March 3, 2009
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Murray leaders form economic panels
Murray County’s leaders are developing a unified front to bolster economic development in the mostly rural county.
Posted: Tuesday - March 3, 2009
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Whitfield considers $1 million for sewers
Whitfield commissioners are weighing a $1 million contribution for a sewer line to the Interstate 75 interchange in Tunnel Hill.
Posted: Monday - March 2, 2009
North Murray High growing in stages
North Murray High School has a mascot, school colors and plenty of students attending come fall, but the new school technically won’t be ready until 2010.
Posted: Sunday - March 1, 2009
Whitfield recreation adds adult fitness
DALTON, Ga. — Whitfield County’s Parks and Recreation director said it’s time for adults to have some fun, too, while getting more healthy.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 28, 2009
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Georgia: Counties to unveil tourism proposal
A Civil War museum with no walls is central to the master plan for heritage tourism recently completed for Whitfield and Murray counties.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 27, 2009
Whitfield looks for new spokesperson
Whitfield County government wants its main public voice to live closer to the community.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 27, 2009
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Whitfield County: Volunteers press search for missing teen
The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Department has essentially ended the ground search for missing boater Brett Thomason, but volunteers continue to trek the woods Thursday.
Posted: Thursday - Feb. 26, 2009
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Georgia: Searchers 'dumbfounded' by disappearance
Mrs. Massey said she is convinced that her son, Brett Andrew Thomason, did not run away to avoid reporting to Marine boot camp in April, though she wishes that was the case.
Posted: Wednesday - Feb. 25, 2009
Search for missing boater will continue
Authorities will continue the search for a teen missing since a Thursday paddling trip on the Conasauga River, but they “are dumbfounded” as to where he might be.
Posted: Wednesday - Feb. 25, 2009
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River dragging turns up no sign of missing Whitfield boater
Dragging the murky green water of the Conasauga River on Tuesday failed to yield evidence of a missing Whitfield County boater.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 24, 2009
Whitfield County: Family member says MySpace messages don’t apply to teen’s disappearance
Searchers working near the Conasauga River still have not found Brett Andrew Thomason, last seen Thursday night paddling on the river by himself.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 22, 2009
Authorities not ruling out hoax in search for missing Georgia teen
TILTON, Ga. — The disappearance of a Whitfield County teen still is a mystery as the search reaches day three today.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 21, 2009
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Search restarts in Whitfield for teen boater
Seven dogs will hit the trail at 8 a.m. today in the search for a Whitfield County teenager missing since Thursday night. Ground searcher are to start at daybreak, said Jeff Putnam, Whitfield Emergency Services director.
Posted: Saturday - Feb. 21, 2009
Dogs combing woods for missing teen
Eight search dogs and their handlers are combing the woods in a search of a 19-year-old Whitfield County man missing for two nights, authorities said.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 20, 2009
Crews quit for night in search for missing Whitfield teen
TILTON, Ga. — Searchers ended their efforts to find a missing Marine Corps enlistee at dark tonight, but will pick up the hunt with new weapons on Saturday.
Posted: Friday - Feb. 20, 2009
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Missing teen’s mom worried about the cold weather
Dana Massey was calm as she stood in the command post where a search for her son, missing boater Brett Thomason, is being organized.
Posted: Wednesday - Feb. 18, 2009
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Georgia: Utilities say more customers need help paying bills
Ricky Rutledge and his family take showers in an unheated downstairs bathroom and then sprint back up the stairs to the semi-warm bedrooms.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 17, 2009
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Dalton ponders new street names
Take a left on Bamboo Street might be an actual direction here later this year.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 16, 2009
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Whitfield vs. Dalton: Schools face off in court
Two teens faced long prison sentences last week if convicted of shoving a woman into a hot oven.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 15, 2009
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Dalton: Mom ’n’ pop shops hurting
DALTON, Ga. — Late last year, a “Going Out of Business” sign hung in the window of Puppies & More downtown.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 15, 2009
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Whitfield County: Feeling the pain
DALTON, Ga. — Tax revenues and government services often decline right along with business profits during an economic free-fall.
Posted: Thursday - Feb. 12, 2009
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Dalton: Sludge to compost
Solids pulled from industrial and human wastewater treated by Dalton Utilities are being converted to fertilizer and used to grow grass, tomatoes, vegetables and more. Officials involved in the effort say folks shouldn’t be squeamish.
Posted: Tuesday - Feb. 10, 2009
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Murray County: Murray school board passes zoning exception for new high school
About 170 students who live in the Spring Place community will have the option to attend Murray County’s new high school next year.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 9, 2009
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Restaurateur in thick of Dalton civic soup
It’s been a long journey from Pakistan for Dalton Depot owner and charity leader T.J. Kaikobad.
Posted: Monday - Feb. 2, 2009
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Dalton program celebrates big losers
At 6 a.m. on a chilly Saturday, more than 40 feet tracked along a wooded path on Dug Gap Mountain in search of weight loss.
Posted: Sunday - Feb. 1, 2009
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After 14 years, Murray County’s Spring Place bypass still in limbo
CHATSWORTH, Ga. — For more than 14 years, a road project government leaders say would boost Murray County’s economy has been moving like a salted slug.
Posted: Monday - Jan. 26, 2009
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Murray County: New commissioner battling bad economy
It’s hard to get just your feet wet in the midst of an economic tidal wave.
Posted: Sunday - Jan. 25, 2009
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Dalton: Amateur radio bonds enthusiasts
DALTON, Ga. — For Dalton Amateur Radio Club members, ham radio is a passion — one that could prove valuable in a catastrophe.
Posted: Monday - Jan. 19, 2009
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Dalton: Pay attention
High school students sip coffee while dissecting frogs.
Posted: Sunday - Jan. 18, 2009
Dalton: Ink still in his veins at 94
DALTON, Ga. — As a journalist, Mark Pace once embroiled himself in an investigation of communism. Nowadays he’s writing about topics just as shocking.
Posted: Sunday - Jan. 11, 2009
Dalton police identify officer in apparent suicide
Authorities have released the name of a police officer who committed suicide early Saturday morning at the Dalton Police Department.
Posted: Sunday - Jan. 11, 2009
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Dalton: City funding bolsters historical group
DALTON, Ga. —The potential demise of Whitfield-Murray Historical Society was just rumor, and the organization is as strong as ever, according to its president.
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