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In called meetings Monday afternoon, both the Jeff Davis County Board of Education and the Jeff Davis County Board of Commissioners made additional cuts to their millage rates, further reducing what taxpayers will pay in 2026 school and county taxes. Both bodies had planned to reduce their millage rates due to the increased net digest.…

The Jeff Davis County Board of Education held two meetings Monday, a 5 p.m. called meeting to set the 2026 millage rate (see story elsewhere) and the 6 p.m. regular meeting. In the regular meeting, Primary School Principal Dr. Shelly McBride recognized the following students who scored the highest in their grade level on the…

At last Tuesday’s regular monthly meeting of the Jeff Davis County Commission, the decision made by the commissioners that was of greatest interest to members of the public in attendance, was the decision to lower the county’s millage rate from 12.1750 last year to 11.5610 this year. And six days later, in a called meeting…

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has announced that 42 Georgia communities have been awarded more than $40.9 million in federal grants to support their efforts. The City of Lumber City proposes to use $1,000,000 in CDBG funds for citywide water improvements. The project will benefit 768 persons, of whom 669 (87.1%) are low-to-moderate…

The Jeff Davis County Board of Education and the Jeff Davis County Board of Commissioners both plan to lower their 2026 millage rates because of the increased countywide tax digest. According to advertisements published in last week’s and this week’s editions of the Ledger, the school board plans to lower the millage rate from 13.5…

Sight in those bows and get that draw dialed in! Opening day of archery season is almost here. The statewide archery deer hunting season begins Saturday, Sept. 12, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). Last year, 87,000 archery hunters harvested 42,000 deer. Statewide, hunters can use archery equipment throughout…

FEMA announced an additional $75.4 million for 56 recovery projects stemming from Hurricane Helene, the COVID-19 pandemic and past disasters. FEMA is reimbursing these costs through its Public Assistance program which provides funds for state and local governments response and recovery work. This funding is part of more than $2 billion that FEMA announced for…