North Georgia News

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North Georgia News
The North Georgia News newspaper in Blairsville, Georgia, dated March 16, 1928.jpg
The March 16, 1928, front page of The North Georgia News
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Kenneth West [1]
EditorShawn Jarrard [1]
Sports editorTodd Forrest
Founded1909
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Blairsville, GA, 30514
United States
ISSN 1947-5217
OCLC number 19346950
Website nganews.com

The North Georgia News is a weekly newspaper in Blairsville, Georgia, and Union County. [1]

Contents

The newspaper launched in 1909. Its first publisher was F.A. Miller. [2]

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. [3] [4]

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. [5] [6]

Notable contributors

  1. Tom DeTitta, former editor who penned Georgia's official state drama, The Reach of Song [7]

See also

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References

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


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