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North Georgia News

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North Georgia News
The March 16, 1928, front page of The North Georgia News
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Kenneth West[1]
EditorShawn Jarrard[1]
Sports editorTodd Forrest
Founded1909
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersBlairsville, GA, 30514
United States
ISSN1947-5217
OCLC number19346950
Websitenganews.com

The North Georgia News is one of the highest-circulation weekly newspapers in North Georgia.[2] It covers Blairsville, Georgia, and Union County.[1]

The newspaper launched in 1909. Its first publisher was F.A. Miller.[3]

The North Georgia News was preceded by the Blairsville Free Press which was started by J.A. Butt Jr., and The Blairsville Herald which was published by Quillian & Wellborn. Both newspapers began in 1892 and ceased publication in an unknown year.[4][5]

From 2001 until 2012, the North Georgia News faced competition from the Union Sentinel. Today the North Georgia News is the only newspaper printed in the county.[6][7]

Notable contributors

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  1. Tom DeTitta, former editor who penned Georgia's official state drama, The Reach of Song[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "North Georgia News". Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  2. ^ "Playwright Tom DeTitta Named 2014 Artist-in-Residence". www.fairmontstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ "The North Georgia News (Blairsville, Ga.) 1909-Current". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. The Library of Congress. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  4. ^ "Blairsville free press. (Blairsville, Ga.) 1896-1???". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. ^ "The Blairsville herald. (Blairsville, Ga.) 1892-????". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Digital Library of Georgia.
  6. ^ "Union Sentinel Newspaper". United States (USA) Business Database. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  7. ^ "Union Sentinel". MondoTimes. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  8. ^ DeTitta, Tom. "A World of Words". Tom DeTitta: Author, Playwright, Journalist. Retrieved 2024-02-26.