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U.S. Sen. David Perdue was in Dalton on Monday evening as part of his nine-leg flyover tour to kick off early voting in Georgia.

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Counties in Northwest Georgia found few, if any, differences in the outcome during an unprecedented hand audit of the presidential election results, comparing them to the election night count.

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BREAKING: The Associated Press called Biden the winner of Georgia's 16 electoral votes Thursday after election officials released results of a hand-counted audit of the state's roughly 5 million votes.

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Jon Payne, longtime probate judge in Chattooga County, has died due to complications from COVID-19.

He is the fifth person to die in the county from the virus.

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Students at Rossville Middle School noticed a specific difference on the first day of school Thursday. Last year's teacher of the year, Hailey Reynolds, was not there.
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Georgia's governor, who has opposed local mask mandates and even sued over one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Republican Mike Cameron defeated John Deffenbaugh for Georgia's House District 1 seat in Tuesday night's runoff election. Click on the story below for more Georgia election results.
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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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Polls are open until 7 p.m. in Northwest Georgia and across the state for election runoffs.
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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. https://t.co/ytMglB4tgL

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See a list of free coronavirus testing sites affiliated with the Hamilton County Health Department, plus other sites in Hamilton County, Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia: https://t.co/6WZVw38WOQ

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A week after schools in the Chattooga County, Georgia, school district reopened, six students have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Two employees with Dade County (Georgia) Schools have tested positive for COVID-19.

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A 58-year-old man from Chickamauga, Georgia, was struck and killed while he was riding his bicycle Tuesday night in Walker County.

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Georgia's June primary election decided most of the races on the ballot, but a few seats are still up for grabs on the Aug. 11 runoff date.

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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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They all come with similar trappings — an Indian chief or brave or just simple letters for the school name — adorned with a full headdress or sometimes two or three feathers, or a rustic arrow or arrowhead.

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Georgia had a record 3,200 COVID-19 patients in hospitals on Thursday, and critical care beds statewide are reported to be 87% full. https://t.co/Lnwg9BQ3B7

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After the first day of school, Chattooga County Superintendent Jared Hosmer said things were mostly smooth throughout the day, and he was proud of his staff and students who are learning in a brand new environment.

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Nearly all of the 15 full-time employees at the Chattooga County Jail have either tested positive for the coronavirus or are out sick with symptoms, and as of Thursday, none of the estimated 38 inmates have been tested.

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