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By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service Supporters of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge are taking another crack at protecting the environmentally fragile swamp from mining. Two bills introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives Thursday call for prohibiting mining along Trail Ridge, the Okefenokee’s eastern hydrologic boundary, where Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals is seeking…

By Ben Murray   The City of Homerville is caught back up with their audits.  At Thursday’s Homerville City Council meeting, Roger Nixon with the CKH Group informed the council that they have completed all of the audits, and that they are free and clear to start applying for grants again. The city had been…

On Friday, February 7th, a group of talented middle and high school students from Clinch County participated in the Regional Science Fair held in Douglas.  Their hard work and dedication paid off, as many of them earned the honor of representing our region at the state science fair during spring break. The Clinch students demonstrated…

A bridge in Clinch County will be closed Monday for an estimated 180 days. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT), the bridge at Surveyors Creek, 11 miles southeast of Homerville on Antioch Church Road, is scheduled to close Monday, February 17 for 180 days. The contractor, Southern Concrete Construction Company, will prepare and…

Uncle Wayne’s Steak & Barbecue Stack opened its doors Friday. Pictured above is owner Wayne Coleman, family and employees before they opened Friday. It is located in the old Hoagies building in downtown Homerville. Hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. They are closed on…

Clinch County High School was recently awarded a grant from the Oettmeier Foundation. The grant paid for eight Virtual Reality glasses for CCHS students, and includeds a complete curriculum aligning with Georgia Standards for Science, as well as content areas, according to Tammy Hatton, who wrote the grant application. Two grants were awarde to CCHS.…

By Ben Murray The Clinch County Board of Commissioners has decided to not opt out of House Bill 581.  At their meeting on Monday February 3, Tanya O’Berry was the lone commissioner to vote to opt out of the bill.  The bill will cap the annual increase in property values for tax purposes.  It also…

The Clinch County High School Mock Trial team competed in regional competition on Saturday, February 1, in Savannah. The CCHS competed against schools in the Savannah area as lawyers and witnesses in a case given by Georgia Mock Trial. Clinch County’s Joslyn Thomas received an award for Best Attorney while Best Witness awards were given…

Georgia survivors of Hurricane Helene (Sept. 24—Oct. 30, 2024) have just a few days left to apply for FEMA assistance.  The application period for federal disaster assistance ends on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Clinch County County is one of the counties eligible for assistance.  “With the February 7 deadline quickly approaching, time is of the…

A new restaurant is opening in downtown Homerville this week. Uncle Wayne’s Steak & Barbecue Shack is opening on Friday, at 11 a.m., in the former Big Daddy’s and Hoagies location on East Dame Avenue. Owner Wayne Coleman, a Clinch County native, also owns a restaurant in Waycross, and invites the community to the Grand…