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Specialized training, equipment help in Kentucky

1 week ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

Ten Catoosa County firefighters who work with Georgia Search and Rescue Task Force 6 set out for Kentucky early this month to help in areas facing catastrophic flooding. The Catoosa firefighters took with them the giant Georgia Search and Rescue truck equipped with extrication tools, power generators, flotation devices and more. The firefighters are also well-equipped — through specialized training — to help in almost any emergency.
Catoosa Firefighters Assist in Kentucky Flood Relief

1 week ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

Ten Catoosa County firefighters who work with Georgia Search and Rescue Task Force 6 set out for Kentucky early this month to help in areas facing catastrophic flooding. The Catoosa firefighters took with them the giant Georgia Search and Rescue truck equipped with extrication tools, power generators, flotation devices and more. The firefighters are also well-equipped — through specialized training — to help in almost any emergency.
Catoosa School Board Grilled Over ‘Inappropriate’ Books

2 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

A group of Catoosa County citizens confronted the school board Tuesday evening, April 9, about what they consider inappropriate books in one Heritage Middle School teacher’s eighth-grade classroom. The books, they said, contain sexually explicit material, swearing, vulgar language and racism, among other objectionable content. kAm%@ :==FDEC2E6 E96 A@:?E[ E96J E@@< EFC?D C625:?8 6I46CAED 7C@> E96 3@@<D @C D@>6E:>6D ;FDE E2=<:?8 23@FE E96>]k^AmkAmr2E@@D2 r@F?EJ C6D:56?E r9C:DE:?6 {2HD@?
Walker County Comes Together to Fight Litter

2 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

Many people in Walker County came together recently to pick up trash that had flown out of trucks or had been intentionally tossed along roadsides: beer and soda cans, dirty diapers, mattresses and box springs, syringes, tires, household trash and more. Tina Groce, founder of Operation Outreach, an organization that helps veterans and also gives them an opportunity to continue serving their communities beyond their military service, was looking for a way to help in Walker County where she lives.
Animal Rescue: It takes a village

2 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

It’s kitten season — the time of year shelters and rescues become overwhelmed with baby cats. “We have a long kitten season in the South because of our warmer weather,” Sara DeBerry of North Georgia Animal Alliance (NGAA) said. kAms6q6CCJ C646:G65 2 42== 7C@> r2E@@D2 r@F?EJ p?:>2= r@?EC@= 23@FE D:I <:EE6?D E92E 925 366? EFC?65 :? E@ E96> H96?
Walker County Faces Animal Shelter Overload, Official Says

2 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

“We cannot keep up with these numbers and keep up our daily functions,” Walker County Animal Services Director Bailey Clements says. For example, animal intake at the shelter skyrocketed nearly 1,000 animals in two years, to 2,300 in 2024 from 1,500 in 2022, Clements told county commissioners at their April 3 meeting.
Walker County Commission Chair: No Spending on Projects Without Full Funds in Bank

2 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

“We will not be spending any money on projects until the full amount for the project is in the bank,” Walker County chairwoman Angie Teems announced at the April 3 Board of Commissioners meeting. Teems was making it clear that there would be no borrowing against future SPLOST funds. kAm%66>D 92D 366? @? 2 >@?6J\D2G:?8 >:DD:@? D:?46 D96 E@@< @77:46 :? y2?F2CJ] $96 2=D@ 2??@F?465 2E E96 pAC:= >66E:?8 E92E D96 2?5 96C E62> 925 C6?68@E:2E65 2?
Walker County’s Mountain Cove Farms Gets Theft-Proof Sign

3 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

Last fall the 500-pound stone sign at the entrance to Mountain Cove Farms Resort in Walker County was stolen. The thieves have not yet been found, but when they are, they will owe the county’s taxpayers $7,200 — the cost to replace the sign. The new sign won’t be so easy to steal. It was fabricated out of concrete and weighs 5,000 pounds. The sign was created by Artistic Concrete, a company in Alabama. kAmxE E@@< D@>6 962GJ 6BF:A>6?E 2?5 BF:E6 2 76H H@C<6CD E@ >2?286 E96 ?6H D:8? :?E@ :ED A=246 @?
Catoosa Senior Center Springs to Life with 700 Tulips

3 weeks ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

It’s worth a ride to swing by the Catoosa County Senior Center to see the hundreds — 700, to be exact — tulips planted there by Transit Director Jason Warren, whose office is in the senior center building. Warren planted the multi-colored bulbs on the first day of spring in about 90 minutes. “The dirt in the beds was pretty soft,” Warren said, “so it was easy.”kAm(2CC6? D2:5 2 =@E @7 D6?:@CD 5@?’E 4@>6 E@ E96 46?E6C :? E96 H:?E6C H96?
Catoosa Library: More Than Just Books

1 month ago | northwestgeorgianews.com | Tamara Wolk

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island,” according to the late Walt Disney. Libraries are great places to find books without giving up your gold and jewels, but that’s far from all one can find in a public library these days, especially the Catoosa County Library. kAm}2E:@?2= {:3C2CJ (66< :D pAC:= e\`a] pE E96:C |2C49 `h >66E:?8 r2E@@D2 r@F?EJ 4@>>:DD:@?6CD C64@8?:K65 E96 2??F2= 6G6?E H:E9 2 AC@4=2>2E:@?