On Monday May 1st the Georgia EPD announced its summer burn ban for 54 counties including Bartow. The EPD website states that in Atlanta, during the summer months, the ozone in the air we breathe can reach unhealthy levels. Ozone is formed when volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides react in the presence of sunlight. [read more...]
The United States Army Corps of Engineers has announced some changes for the hunting program for the 2023/2024 season. The announcement states for the 23/24 season USACE hunting permits will increase to $25 and will have an increased number of permits available at 500. Permits are required for all hunters that are over the age [read more...]
The Cartersville Board of Education approved the purchase of ten items for a total amount of $651,097.03 during their recent meeting. The largest purchase was for three AV systems that will be used in the New Cartersville Primary School. One will be used in the media center, on at the cafeteria stage, and one in [read more...]
May starts on Monday and with the new month a full 31 days of library activities begin. The library system has an ongoing story walk that only has a few days left. This rendition of the story walks features “Moth & Butterfly- Ta Da” by Dev Petty and illustrated by Ana Aranda and published by [read more...]
It was recently announced that Bartow County has been awarded six grants from the federal government to improve transportation under the Bipartisan infrastructure law, according to an article published in the Rome News-Tribune. In total Bartow County will be granted 18.7 million dollars for six different projects around the county. The single largest grant is [read more...]
The Cartersville City Council approved four purchases and a final change order for the total amount of $559,485.53 during their most recent meeting. The final change order that was approved for the council was for a replacement for a volt switchgear for pumps at the water treatment plant. This purchase was approved back and 2021 [read more...]
The Bartow County School System announced recently announced that Cass High School has been nationally recognized for raising student achievement. Cass High has now become the 15th school in the Bartow County School system to be recognized as a Model Professional Learning community. The CHS principal Steve Revard is quoted in the school systems announcement [read more...]
Following the called Euharlee City Council business meeting held on Tuesday evening, there was a regularly scheduled work session where the council heard the first reading of an amendment to the floodplain management ordinance. It was stated that this updated ordinance was coming before the city council because a citizen had raised concern with the [read more...]
The council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. where there will be the first reading of an amendment to the city’s alcohol ordinance and the second reading of updates to the parks and recreation ordinance. In addition to these two ordinances the city council will have the first reading of attendance ordinances for all of [read more...]
What follows is a preliminary report provided to WBHF by the Georgia State Patrol in regard to an accident on North Felton Road. On April 17, Troopers responded to a vehicle versus bicycle crash in Bartow County. The investigation determined a GMC Yukon was traveling northbound on GA 3 at its intersection with E. Felton [read more...]
