Jim Thompson

This is maintenance month, and I thought I would start off talking about the kinds of people that make ideal maintenance employees, from managers to the lowliest newbies. This will not completely fix maintenance problems, for idiots higher up in the organization can withhold vital maintenance dollars to protect their bonuses, but if you can get by them, this is a good place to start.

She can’t remember exactly, but a quick bit of figuring on a recent morning put Shelby Hawkins’ involvement in helping to tally Walton County election results at somewhere around 70 years.

Jim Thompson, CEO January 7, 2025 As I start my 52 year in the pulp and paper industry, I will have to say it is overall in the best condition that it has been in my lifetime.

Just as many people use the changing of the calendar into the new year to assess opportunities and challenges awaiting in the upcoming 12 months, it’s useful to take a look at what local governments will find themselves dealing with as 2024 gives way to 2025.

The city of Statham is looking into setting up a municipal emergency alert system through an outside vendor, as city officials look to augment and improve their current avenues for

Four months after a shooting at Apalachee High School left two teachers and two students dead, and another teacher and eight other students wounded, the incident continues to reverberate across

One day after a student at Apalachee High School was arrested for bringing a gun to campus – and four months after another student fatally shot two teachers and two

One day after a student at Apalachee High School was arrested for bringing a gun to campus – and four months after another student fatally shot two teachers and two students at the school – the Barrow County Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved a $700,000 expenditure to install metal detectors in its three high schools.

It won’t be too long into the new year before the city of Loganville — particularly its downtown area — will start to see its future taking physical shape, according to Mayor Skip Baliles.

The Monroe City Council left little doubt Tuesday that it intends to opt out of the “floating homestead exemption” contained in state legislation passed last year and approved by Georgia voters as a constitutional amendment in November balloting.