Madison Co Commission approves new poultry houses

Madison County Commissioners have signed off on a proposal that will allow for another half-dozen poultry houses to built off Highway 98 in Madison County.

The City Council in Commerce is looking at possible pay raises for city of Commerce employees: a decision could come early next year. 

The City Council in Winder has signed off on an increase in wastewater rates in Winder. The city is looking to make up for a budget shortfall in its sewer funding. 

The City Council in Homer is looking at rate increases for water and garbage rates in Homer. They could up early next year.

The US Forest Service holds this evening the third of three meetings that have focused on plans for the Foothills Landscape Project: tonight’s 6 o’clock meeting is at the Lumpkin County Parks and Recreation headquarters in Dahlonega. The Forest Service’s Foothills Landscape Project is designed to maintain and improve watershed and ecological conditions on more than 150,000 acres that stretch across the Chattahoochee National Forest.