Tom Surtees, director of the state Department of Industrial Relations, will address the city-county chamber of commerce breakfast at Twin Oaks on Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30 a.m. Surtees is expected to discuss the worsening state unemployment picture, future job prospects, and the state's economy generally. More...

In last week's article on addiction, we started a consideration of the drugs that slow down (suppress) the thought process - such substances as alcohol and opiates (heroin, morphine, hydrocodone, etc.) and tranquilizers (Valium, Zanax, Ativan, Halcion, etc.). We discussed how an overactive mind filled with anxiety could lead to drug use. More...

Each year the publication of the "Tax Sale Listing" in your paper generates a number of questions from people across the county. In the past we (you) ran a preface to the listing, explaining the process and the law requiring this listing. More...

The high school baseball regular season has one more week to go but the area races are being decided this week. Several teams have already clinched playoff berths. Appalachian has already claimed the 1A Area 9 championship and will host a playoff series next week. More...

About the year 2002, Judy Huntington got the notion that the flag had to still be in existence. So she went to work and Bingo!! Now all our lives we had grown up in the shadow of the flag. The flag was in our lives, was in our food, in our family conversation, in the air we breathed, in the water we drank, in our every being was the flag. More...

Background Scripture: Luke 24:1-12. Devotional Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-26. For some people, the Good News of Jesus Christ does not extend much beyond the manger of Bethlehem. For others, the Good News turns into the Bad News of Calvary. But neither the manger nor the cross would matter to us today if the tomb were the final resting place of Jesus Christ. More...

The Blount Countian generally does not publish obituaries unless the deceased have direct connections to this county. If your relative's obit did not appear in the paper, that is probably the reason. RALPHINE VIRGINIA BLACKWOOD, 82, of Nectar, died April 2, 2009, at TLC Nursing Center. The Blount native was the daughter of the late Marvin and Minnie Green Adcock. More...

ONE BIG EASTER SERVICE AT OHS! World Outreach Center is planning One Big Easter Service Sunday, April 12, at Oneonta High School. Doors open at 9 a.m. and services are from 10 a.m. till 11:30 a.m. The church's full children's ministry team, from nursery to Kids Church, will attend, and there will be lots of fun, games, and prizes. More...