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The Bartow County Board of Education recently approved two changes to board regulation EEE-R which is part of the school’s wellness program. The first of these items was wording being changed in the school’s wellness [read more...]

The Adairsville Unified Zoning Board met for their monthly meeting this week where they only heard one case. This case was a text amendment submitted by the city of Adairsville to section 47-134 (d)(1) of [read more...]

Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Hanwha Advanced Materials Georgia, Inc. (HAGA), a manufacturer of lightweight advanced materials for sustainable technology, will create more than 160 new jobs in the City of Cartersville. The [read more...]

During the previous Bartow Board of Education meeting the board approved four purchases for a total amount of $3,082,949.57. The largest of these purchases by a resounding amount was the purchase of Dell Latitude 3140 [read more...]

The City of Cartersville under a Georgia State Statute that requires the notification of a director level positions top three candidates 14 days before a recommendation to the City Council has provided WBHF with the [read more...]

MARCH 01, 2023 ATLANTA, GA – Over 40 Georgia colleges and universities will waive college application fees for high school seniors in March. This will be the 4th time the Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) has [read more...]

The Cartersville City Council will meet on Thursday where they will hear the first readings of two smaller rezoning, some ordinance changes and consider some purchases and large agreements. The council will also be making [read more...]

There are only two days left of early voting for the special election for the white city mayor seat, and less than a week until election day. Advanced voting will continue to be open on [read more...]

The Cartersville made just over $350,000 worth of purchases for math and science resources during their meeting on Monday. What follows are those purchases and what schools they are for: For CPS science the purchase [read more...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E38dKONL3E   WHAT: Do you or someone you know have a calling for public service where the day-to-day activities make a difference in your community? The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is partnering with [read more...]

Bond is granted for a man charged with the murder of a woman in 2021.  Thirty-year-old Corey James Slaughter was arrested and charged with killing Ashley Dunn with a hammer at an Acworth home two [read more...]

  Atlanta, GA – Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that Georgia's January unemployment rate was 3.1 percent, unchanged from a revised 3.1 percent in December. Job numbers reached another all-time high, increasing by [read more...]

GDOT announced on Tuesday that the Cassville White Road Bridge will be closed, weather permitting, this weekend. The closure will allow crews to continue working on the construction of two roundabouts at the interchanges at [read more...]

3/2/2023– At approximately 7:04 p.m., Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 151 Pine Valley Drive NW, Adairsville to a report of a fire with no structure endangerment. BCFES crews arrived on scene [read more...]