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Written by: Valerie Burgos A new strain of avian influenza has state officials concerned about its potential impact on Georgia’s $25 billion poultry industry. When the outbreak first occurred in January 2015, the Iowa poultry industry lost $427,000 in production and 8,500 jobs, according to A. Bruce Webster, a University of Georgia professor of poultry…

More than a dozen children from Banks, Barrow, and Jackson County in the foster care system will now have an advocate to speak for them in court. These Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers will be paired with the children Thursday. However, 17 new advocates still will not provide one advocate for each…

We had sunny skies this week but rain is coming our way this weekend. Here is today’s weather forecast with Janai James.

By: Damian C. Reynolds When you think of the Tennessee Volunteers, “Rocky Top” probably comes to mind.  Georgia’s football team hopes to not hear that song much this weekend. The Dawgs travel to The Volunteer State for the second time this season. Georgia won its only other away game thus…

While the water has finally started to recede in South Carolina, the state still faces many challenges. Helping South Carolina is as easy as donating money, items, or even volunteering your time. To donate money, click the links below: https://acsdonate.maxgiving.com/pay/step_1 http://www.redcross.org/local/sc http://www.feedingamerica.org/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://www.harvesthope.org http://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-Response/ https://pda.pcusa.org https://www.salvationarmycarolinas.org http://www.namb.net/dr/ http://www.umcor.org http://www.unitedway.org http://www.uwasc.org…

By: Kara Murphy Some teachers in Barrow County will see a pay raise starting January 2016. The Barrow County Board of Education approved the Salary and Compensation Study Proposal on Oct. 8 to give pay raises to many Barrow County School System employees. This chart shows the former salary for teachers with a bachelors…

2016 Republican Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson will be stopping at various locations in Georgia this weekend. Ben Carson  Books-A-Million – Lawrenceville, GA October 10th 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway Time: 7:00 p.m. Phone: (678)847-5115 Free Chapel – Gainesville, GA October 11th 3001 McEver Road Times: 9:00 a.m. and 11:00…

Hispanic Heritage Month is still on the move, and here are two events you don’t want to miss: 1.  5th Latin Fest on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m hosted by the Pinewoods Library. There will be: \t Live music \t Traditional dance performances provided by Danza Tonalli, Danza…

On October 6th, Athens-Clarke County unified government voted for a plan that allows neighborhoods to fund building their own sidewalk.

– UGA will be playing its second away game on Saturday at Tennessee with the football season almost halfway over. Sports reporter Damian Reynolds says crowd noise will be a factor, but so will the song “Rocky Top.” – One Northeast Georgia non-profit organization is helping adults with special disabilities…