Oconee County, GA Politics

with chair Margaret Holt

Karen Solheim is a former OCHS teacher who lives in Clarke County now but she remains an inspiration to me. Well done Karen. Education groups lining up to fight Georgia governor's plan for failing schools

I also read yesterday that the Georgia Judicial Qualification is accepting nominations for the Western Judicial Circuit (which is Clarke and Oconee counties); January 20, 2016 TO:      ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAR             AND ALL CITIZENS OF WESTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT This is to provide notice to members of the Bar and the public that the Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Georgia, created by an Executive Order of Governor Nathan Deal, is now engaged in the process of receiving names of persons to fill a vacancy on the Western Judicial Circuit created by HB 279 during the 2015 Georgia General Assembly. You are invited to submit nominations for this vacancy.  Members of the bar may submit their own name or the names of others.  The public is also invited to submit nominations.  Such names should be sent to the Commission by February 8, 2016. (By letter addresse...

I get gas at the store all the time, and I know all the clerks by face at the very least. I cannot imagine any convenience store NOT packing heat in this day and age. Next time I see this gentleman I intend to say well done. I am all for stopping crime without a shot fired or even a round chambered but am very very glad to read this account of a foiled robbery attempt. Athens convenience store clerk pulls gun on would-be robber

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County Issued Building Permits For Two More... : Core And Outlot Oconee County has issued building permits for two new restaurants in Epps Bridge Centre, one for Bone Island Grillhouse an...

Man asleep at wheel of running car in west Athens arrested for DUI

Oconee County Observations: Tour Of Oconee County’s Water Reclamation Facility... : Money Invested The Oconee County Utility Department threw open the gates to its Calls Creek Water Reclamation Facility late last year to a...

Oconee County investigators still trying to ID suspects in truck and mower thefts

Oconee County Observations: Oconee County’s Two State Representatives Cool To ... : County Split In 2011 Neither of Oconee County’s two members of the Georgia House of Representatives is willing to support a pair of resolu...

Oconee County Blotter

Democrat Ed Tarver eyes a potential Senate bid | Political Insider blog

: from University of Wisconsin County Health Rankings/Oconee County Numbers Oconee County Georgia Demographics Population 34,035 9,992,167 % below 18 years of age 26.8% 24.9% % 65 and older 12.9% 12.0% % Non-Hispanic African American 5.1% 30.5% % American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.3% 0.5% % Asian 3.6% 3.7% % Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% % Hispanic 4.6% 9.2% % Non-Hispanic white 85.4% 54.8% % not proficient in English 1.4% 3.2% % Females 51.3% 51.1% % Rural 50.3% 24.9% Health Outcomes Diabetes 10% 11% HIV prevalence 33 429 Premature age-adjusted mortality 250.1 375.0 Infant mortality 7.8 Child mortality 27.3 57.4 Health Behaviors Food insecurity 10% 19% Limited access to healthy foods 5% 8% Motor vehicle crash deaths 8 15 Drug poisoning deaths 9 10 Health Care Uninsured adults 17% 26% Uninsured children 8% 9% Health care costs $8,504 $9,549 Could not see doctor due to cost 12% 16% Other primary care prov...