Community benefits from Wildfire Protection Plan

Rabun County is surrounded by majestic mountains and National Forest land. While it’s important to preserve the land, it’s also imperative to know how to mitigate risks of wildfires.

Fireflies not the only things that light up a person’s life

Of late, strolls outside in our treasured slice of God’s country has prompted me to reflect back to my pre-teen days. Recently, each evening I, like many of you, have seen fireflies, or as Southerner, I refer to them as lightning bugs. In the darkness after 9 p.m.

Public thank you may be worth tuxedo

There are some people in life whose kindness, no matter how hard one tries, one can never repay - at least, that’s what I’ve discovered. One such person is my uncle, Philip Hudgins. If this column gets published, it’s likely that the readers would know him as Phil – that’s his professional name.

Look for the migration from New York to only grow

Much has been written about America’s largest city edging closer to electing a socialist mayor. Zohran Mamdani recently won the Democratic primary, which is likely enough to secure the mayoralty of New York City.

It’s The Law: Congratulations, but read this

Currently, with divorce rates still very high, remarriage is not uncommon, and many newlyweds find themselves with stepchildren, and the terminology, Blended Family becomes the word of art.

Junior E. Lee not bugged by polling firms snub

I run for reelection every week. Even though the editors appreciate the fact that I am a dead ringer for a young Brad Pitt and am occasionally correct on the difference between affect and effect, they want eyeballs right where you happen to be looking at this moment.

Support F.A.I.T.H. in the future and stop child abuse today

Preventing child abuse is a topic that should be of the utmost importance to everyone in the community. It is said that it takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes the community as a whole standing up to do what’s right to prevent any more children from being abused or neglected.

Some random thoughts on some random subjects

A lot of people are taking a victory lap after the recent announcement that the nonprofit Conservation Fund has purchased the property on Trail Ridge, adjacent to our Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve where Alabama-based Twin Pines Materials had planned to mine for titanium dioxide so that the...

To Jeff Bezos: You could’ve spent just $42.88 on wedding

Our invitation to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s lavish wedding  obviously got lost in the mail. My wife and I used to get personal letters from Mr. Bezos’s  former company, Amazon, all the time. We were due. Had we received our invitation, I could have explained to Mr.

Hallelujah, an emu joins our barnyard menagerie

Ink is in my blood. But I’ve never said, “Today I am going to get some ink on my skin.” However, if I did, I might tattoo this phrase: “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Have you ever muttered that, too? But this isn’t a complaint.