Floyd Local News

"The impact of this announcement will be felt across the region as the company seeks to employ 300 hardworking Georgians," Governor Kemp said Wednesday.

Josh Penson walked out of Floyd Medical Center on his own power Friday, after spending nearly two months hospitalized with COVID-19.

More than a thousand young singers audition for the National Council each year and this year, she was one of five rising opera singers to win the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition.

In Northwest Georgia, the unemployment rate increased in April to 13.3 percent, an increase of 9 percentage points. A year ago, the rate was 3.1 percent.

The investigation began as a result of numerous reports received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) pertaining to Nichols’ online activity.

Gov. Brian Kemp praised Floyd Medical Center's efforts to battle the COVID-19 pandemic during his visit to the hospital on Wednesday.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has agreed to temporarily modify the seasonal burn ban for Banks, Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Upson and Walker counties.

We are experiencing community spread of COVID-19 in Northwest Georgia and expect it to continue for the foreseeable future. Our ten-county Northwest Health District is home to about six percent of Georgia’s population but currently has about nine percent of the total state COVID-19 cases. We expect to see more COVID-19 cases and, sadly, more deaths.

United Community Bank: Temporary Lobby Closures–Drive-Thru and Other Options Open

In Rome, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 percentage points in January, reaching 3.9 percent. A year ago, the rate was 5.1 percent.