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Dalton and Whitfield County news and events from the @TimesFreePress

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Officials with the North Georgia Health District are warning that the current outbreak in Whitfield County is worse than the one in July when dozens of people died and hundreds were infected with COVID-19.

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A 20-year-old man from Dalton, Georgia, was arrested on charges related to child pornography, aggravated sodomy, drug possession and other crimes this week.

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A Texas man got in a shootout with sheriff's deputies who pulled him over on southbound Interstate 75 late Sunday in Whitfield County, Georgia. The fugitive escaped after a chase and is considered armed and dangerous.

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Like a lot of college students, Dalton State senior Grace Neff has concerns about how the coronavirus pandemic might affect her work/study opportunities as area schools open up in the coming weeks.

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Northwest Whitfield earned a signature win early in the season Thursday with a 1-0 defeat of reigning GHSA Class A public champion Gordon Lee.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has expressed support for the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won the Republican nomination for Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

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Nearly 50 people at a nursing home in Dalton have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and seven residents have died in the latest long-term care facility outbreak in Northwest Georgia.

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Tuesday is election day in Georgia as voters will be going to the polls for a runoff election that will decide many local races.

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The coronavirus pandemic sickened the market for carpet and other floor coverings this spring, cutting sales and generating losses for two of the biggest manufacturers that reported second quarter results on Thursday.

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With one week left until the Aug. 11 runoff election, all eyes in Northwest Georgia are on the 14th Congressional District race between two Republican candidates who have been at bitter odds since June's primary.

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Even as Southeast Whitfield High School was enjoying its most successful football season in 32 years, the program's future didn't look very promising.

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Georgia has been counting a class of tests not included by most other states in its coronavirus screening numbers, artificially raising testing totals and lowering the state's percentage of positive results.

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Sales of carpets, rugs and floor tiles made by the Dixie Group, Inc. fell 50% last month and are expected to be down 35% in May.

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North Georgia officials said Tuesday they're hesitant about Gov. Brian Kemp's aggressive plans to reopen the state's economy.

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The city of Dalton has approved the use of Community Development Block Grant funds to respond to the coronavirus public health situation by providing short-term loan relief to small businesses.

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For the past three weeks, ShawChem, a chemistry lab in Dalton for Shaw Industries, has made its own CDC-approved hand sanitizer along with other disinfectant cleaning supplies.

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Hamilton Health Care System has changed its policy that would have reprimanded and removed employees for bringing their own equipment while supplies are extremely limited around the country.

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"We haven't leveled the curve yet," said Whitfield County EMA Director Claude Craig. "We're still going upward and upward. The models are predicting the peak may be around April 23."

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Elected officials from Whitfield County, Dalton, Cohutta, Tunnel Hill and Varnell voted Wednesday to approve a resolution expanding the list of local businesses closed to the public through April 30 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Five groups of Whitfield County elected officials will meet Wednesday to consider a resolution that would expand the list of local businesses closed to the public through April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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