The Dade County Board of Education has approved a roughly $2.2 million paving project across multiple campuses, addressing deteriorating conditions that officials say have worsened over time. The project covers Dade County High School, Dade Middle School and portions of Dade Elementary School, where aging asphalt, drainage issues and structural failures have created ongoing maintenance…

Dade County voters will head into this year’s elections without any changes to the political district lines that determine their representation. Gov. Brian Kemp has ruled out redrawing Georgia’s congressional and legislative maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, opting instead to leave current boundaries in place until a later cycle. The decision comes as…

For some veterans, the difference between isolation and re-engagement with the world can come down to something as simple as a nudge. Or a paw. A series of testimonials shared during a recent community breakfast in Trenton captured that impact in stark terms, with veterans describing lives once defined by anxiety, anger and isolation now…

Mark Bish was calm. He was focused. He had trained the last 15 weeks for this. Intensively, for full days, in the elements.  He pulled his gloves tighter and adjusted his hard hat. He scanned the crowd. He found his family against the roping that outlined the training grounds, a series of several dozen wooden…

With housing costs continuing to take a larger share of household income, Dade County officials say the need for affordable housing is becoming harder to ignore, as the alternative is quickly becoming untenable.  “One of the biggest things is … 30 to 50 percent of their income is going just for their house payment now,”…

On a bright, warm spring morning in Dade County, the kind where it already feels like summer before lunch, more than 100 students and their families gathered at the New Salem Community Center for a day built just for them. They came for the Dade Games. The annual event, organized by Dade County Schools, has…

Republican Clay Fuller has won the special election runoff for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, a victory he attributes to the endorsement by President Donald Trump and support from the greater North Georgia electorate. Fuller, who previously served as district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, advanced from a crowded special election field before defeating…

A new upscale outdoor lodging destination is set to open this spring atop Sand Mountain, bringing 21 geodesic dome units and a resort-style retreat to Dade County. The project is operated by The Glamping Collective, a hospitality company that specializes in luxury glamping experiences that combine immersive natural settings with boutique-style accommodations. The Sand Mountain…