Chris Bridges
Managing Editor at The Walton Tribune
Managing editor, The Walton Tribune. On the high school sports beat since 1988. College football. Political campaigns. Vintage pro wrestling. 🏈 📰
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4 days ago |
waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges
Walton County has a budget for the 2026 fiscal year but not before a split vote and some lecturing on part of the chairman. In a 4-3 split vote Tuesday, the Walton County Board of Commissioners set a FY26 budget past the $102 million mark, up from the previous year’s budget of approximately $83 million. There will be a millage rate increase of 1.86. “What is hindering us here is about half the properties in Walton County are on a set homestead exemption,”County Manager John Ward said.
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1 week ago |
waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges
Lexy Doherty is set to try again in her quest to unseat Mike Collins as 10th District Congressman. Doherty was the Democratic nominee in 2024 and has now announced she will run again next year. Doherty gained 37% of the vote in the heavily Republican district and feels like she can do even better in a potential rematch. She earned 25% of the vote in Walton County.
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1 week ago |
waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges
Summer officially arrives this year on June 20, but admit it, our minds say it’s already here. It feels like it’s already here. The warmer temperatures, the longer days and being able to enjoy being outside without fear of a biting cold or freezing wind make it so I now declare it summer. Most school systems are close to being out for another year and I think most of us have always used that as the start of the summer season. Personally, I’m glad it’s back, officially or unofficially.
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1 week ago |
waltontribune.com | Chris Bridges
Addi Petitt is, in many ways, your typical high school senior. She has tons of energy, is always moving, is always active. She enjoys hanging out with her friends as well as shopping. But those things merely scratch the surface for the only child of Matt and Lindsey Petitt, of Loganville, who is a senior at Loganville Christian Academy, set to graduate next month. Petitt is a National Beta Club and National Honor Society member. She volunteers at her church in the early childhood wing.
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2 weeks ago |
news.monroelocal.org | Chris Bridges |Sharon Swanepoel
Walton County is looking at having two new state senators after the 2026 election. Bill Cowsert, whose District 46 seat includes part of Walton County, has filed paperwork to raise funds to campaign for attorney general in the 2026 election. Cowsert joins Brian Strickland, whose District 42 state senate also represents a portion of Walton County, in eyeing the attorney general position.
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