Governor Brian P. Kemp today declared a State of Emergency for 91 Georgia counties in response to the ongoing wildfires in ...

Patsy Godfrey Mrs. Patsy Jean Ponder Godfrey, 87, of Ellijay, passed away on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. Mrs. Godfrey was born on October 29th, 1938, in Tate, Georgia, to the late Doyle Jay Ponder and ...

Program could reduce loss of life nationally by 40 percent Submitted by Pickens County Fire & Rescue On Saturday, April 11, ...

The Amicalola Garden Club celebrates Garden Week in Georgia the third week in April, April 19-25. The week aims to promote ...

By Dan Pool, Editor dpool@pickensprogress.com I was talking with someone the other day, just a little older than my late 50s. And we came to the realization that, at some point, people have stopped ...

ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today declared a State of Emergency for 91 Georgia counties in response to the ongoing wildfires in South Georgia. The ...

Mike Denson Michael Gary Denson, 69, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away Monday, April 13, 2026 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital. He was born July 16, 1956 to Will and Myrna Denson in Tate, Georgia. He ...

By Christie Pool, Staff Writer christie@pickensprogress.com Many readers may not have noticed the small line just below the ...

Submitted by KPB Keep Pickens Beautiful’s annual Greatest American Cleanup is well underway, and the community response has ...

Submitted by Pickens Historical Society Gerald Parker, a Pickens native and longtime Cherokee County educator, will offer ...

Among the more popular bills to pass out of the Georgia General Assembly last week was a measure that would make it more ...

Marc Noack Marc Richard Noack, 77, of Jasper, Georgia, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2026 at his home. He was born February 27, 1949 in Rock Island, Illinois. He and his wife, Vickie, were residents ...