Shaw Industries announced this week the recipients of its 2020 Associate Dependent Scholarship, including Calhoun residents Aurora Lopez and Joshua Tolson.

“Mohawk Presents Calhoun’s Dancing with the Stars Gets Schooled!” will put 18 local high school students onstage for back-to-back shows at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Calhoun Performing Arts Center. Nine dance teams will vie for trophies, bragging rights and college schola…

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2020 Spring and Summer Commencement Ceremony will now be held at the Floyd County Campus as a drive-thru ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m.

“Mohawk Presents Calhoun’s Dancing with the Stars Gets Schooled!” will put 18 local high school students onstage for back-to-back shows at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Calhoun Performing Arts Center. Nine dance teams will vie for trophies, bragging rights and college schola…

Georgia school officials adopted a budget for the upcoming school year Tuesday that cuts roughly $950 million in funds for basic classroom education due to economic pains from the coronavirus pandemic.

Calhoun City Schools released the following information concerning its Calhoun High School graduation ceremony.

State school officials are asking Georgians to chime in on whether students should have to take year-end tests during the upcoming school year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Calhoun City Schools announced Monday that the system will be going with PLAN A to start back in-person on Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Currently, Gordon County Schools officials are busy planning for a safe reopening of schools on Wednesday, Aug. 12.

The Gordon County Chamber of Commerce Education and Workforce Development Committee’s 26th Annual Golf Tournament presented in September funded scholarships for four local high school seniors. Chosen from a pool of 24 applicants and listed alphabetically, the students receiving $1,500 schola…

Two Calhoun High Schools students recently achieved big things in the world of rodeo.

Jesse Martin was approved during the June 25 called meeting of the Gordon County Board of Education to fill the vacant assistant principal position at Red Bud Middle School.

Every Tuesday and Thursday evening over the next few weeks on the Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Catoosa County Campus, employees of four northwest Georgia industries will be training in the basics of programmable logic controllers (PLC).

Local leaders met on Wednesday to discuss the safe return of students planned for Aug. 12.

“Mohawk Presents Calhoun’s Dancing with the Stars Gets Schooled!” will put 18 local high school students onstage for back-to-back shows at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Calhoun Performing Arts Center. Nine dance teams will vie for trophies, bragging rights and college schola…

Gordon County Schools will host two modified graduation ceremonies for its two high schools this week.

The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College has awarded a $500 scholarship to one qualified student at each of the 26 high schools and five college and career academies in the northwest Georgia region. Two students at Trion High School received a scholarship of $250 each.

The Gordon County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals committee recently announced the winners of its 2020 Student Interview event, all of whom will receive $500 college scholarships. The winners were Luke Peden of Calhoun High School, Jenson Sutton of Georgia-Cumberland Academy, Sierr…

The Summer Reading program at the Calhoun-Gordon County Library has a much different look this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Georgia Student Government Association recently announced that Georgia Northwestern Technical College student Tatiana Edwards would lead the organization as president during the 2020-21 year.

The University System of Georgia (USG) has launched an effort to determine whether any buildings or colleges on the system’s 26 campuses should be renamed to send a more inclusive message to students, faculties and host communities.

Georgia students may get another pass on standardized tests next school year after year-end testing was scrapped this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Mohawk Presents Calhoun’s Dancing with the Stars Gets Schooled!” will put 18 local high school students onstage at the Calhoun Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Aug. 8. Nine dance teams will vie for trophies, bragging rights and college scholarships as they compete to raise funds for Unit…

Christian Community Outreach will host a donation drive on Saturday, July 11, to collect items for its annual Back to School celebration and Christmas Cares event. The drive will be held at the Calhoun Recreation Department park, located at 601 S. River St., from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

The Gordon County Chamber of Commerce recently concluded its 27th Youth Leadership Program, under the direction of alumni from Leadership Calhoun/Gordon County. Thirty-nine students representing all four local high schools participated in the program, which typically begins with a September …

AdventHealth Medical Group Urgent Care Calhoun City Schools is now open and accepting patients. Located at 101 Yellow Jacket Drive, just north of Calhoun High School’s Phil Reeve Stadium, the clinic will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and during Friday night home f…

Each year Gordon County Farm Bureau awards scholarships to students who plan on furthering their education in pursuit of a career in agriculture, and the company recently announced this year’s awards.

The following announcement concerning graduation ceremony plans for Gordon Central and Sonoraville high schools was released by Gordon County Schools recently. 

Christie Owens Fox will officially win a seat on the Gordon County Board of Education in November after winning the Republican primary on Tuesday. She will fill the Post 6 seat to be vacated by Chris Johnson, who did not seek reelection.

Students in Calhoun, Gordon County and surrounding areas can receive free school supplies, clothes, shoes, haircuts and more during Christian Community Outreach’s back-to-school celebration on Saturday, Aug. 1.

At least two dozen sites have begun to serve free meals to children 18 years old and younger in Calhoun and Gordon County this month, continuing a long tradition of feeding the youth during summer months. In past years, more than 2,700 meals have been provided each day to help ensure that lo…

The Northwest Georgia Regional Library System is now providing curbside service of items on a limited basis at the Dalton-Whitfield County Public Library

Calhoun City Schools could see major changes to the way instruction is delivered to students once school resumes in the fall as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Students in the University System of Georgia didn’t miss a beat during the spring semester despite the disruption of converting to online instruction, according to a systemwide grading analysis released Wednesday.

As COVID-19 wreaked havoc on the economy and dropped a cloud of fear and uncertainty over the nation, schools and businesses closed their doors to protect students and employees and the world seemed to go quiet for a while.

Gordon County Schools originally rescheduled graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2020 graduations at both Gordon Central High School and Sonoraville High School for June, with alternative dates in July.

AdventHealth Medical Group Urgent Care Calhoun City Schools is set to open its doors on June 15. Located at 101 Yellow Jacket Drive, just north of Calhoun High School’s Phil Reeve Stadium, the clinic will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and during Friday night home …

Georgia school officials released guidelines Monday on how to reopen the state’s public schools for the 2020-2021 school year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded $6,450 in scholarships to 16 students, including two Susan Lynne Greene Memorial Scholarship recipients and one recipient of the Thomas Brown Scholarship.

The state could avoid furloughing pre-school teachers if they would be willing to absorb pay cuts rather than stay home, members of a Georgia Senate budget subcommittee suggested Tuesday.

Gov. Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced the creation of six K-12 Restart Working Groups to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Georgia’s K-12 schools and plan for a safe 2020-21 school year.

Calhoun High School senior and Interact Club member Anne Fogle Jones received a scholarship from the Calhoun Rotary Club as part of a recent online award ceremony.

Calhoun City Schools recently donated a handcrafted bench to Calhoun Primary and Elementary School in memory of beloved employee Jo Reeves. The bench was handmade by CTAE Construction Teacher Eric Rigney. School officials said Reeves had a big heart and that she captured many students and st…

Calhoun City Schools became a "charter" system in 2010, and one of the major pillars of the charter is the "governance" component. Under the charter, each school must form a School Governance Team (SGT).

Name: Bobby E. Hall (incumbent)

Name: Christie Fox