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Your Hometown Newspaper Devoted To The Progress Of Gilmer County. Written, edited, and published by all local citizens.

Established in 1875, the Times-Courier has always been devoted to the progress of Gilmer Country by bringing news, stories, and current events to you in a weekly newspaper.

12/26/2025

What's going on this week in Gilmer County? Click here to see free event listings!
https://www.timescourier.com/local-newsletter/calendar-events

12/24/2025

May you find peace and joy during the holidays.

12/23/2025

Good morning, Gilmer County! And Merry Christmas! Your Dec. 24 edition is hot off the presses and bringing warm smiles to our readers this week with our annual Letters to Santa and Christmas Greetings section. Headlines include:
🎄Shop with a Hero brings joy
🎄Commissioners pass 2026 budget
🎄Gilmer County Schools receive 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index results
🎄Keep Gilmer Beautiful helps fish with Christmas trees..plus Sports, Classifieds and Legal Notices, Obituaries, and so much more! We are your hometown newspaper devoted to the progress of Gilmer County for 150 years! Subscribe and save at timescourier.com, or call Rhesa at 706-635-4313.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas!

12/23/2025

Ellijay Tool Rental on Highway 515 South sports a unique Christmas light display featuring a flatbed truck loaded with a Bobcat and mini-trac hoe. (Photo by Mark Millican)

12/18/2025

𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝟑-𝟎 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧

Chelsey Griggs shoots a baseline jump shot versus Calhoun, and she scored 25 points and collected 11r ebounds the following day against Fannin County.

Read all about it at timescourier.com. Subscribe and save at timescourier.com, or call Rhesa at 706-635-4313. We are your hometown newspaper devoted to the progress of Gilmer County for 150 years!

12/17/2025

Good morning, Gilmer County! The Dec. 17 edition of the Times-Courier is hot off the presses and being delivered to subscriber mailboxes, stores and newspaper boxes all over the place. This week's headlines:
- Short-term rental ordinance gets tweaks
- School bus wrecks during morning transport
- Man arrested for firing gun after Georgia Bulldogs win
- Gilmer County Sheriff’s Office prepares to protect the county over holidays
- North Georgia Christian Academy doubles in size over six years
- Burglar steals lottery tickets from local store..Plus Sports, Classifieds, Legal Notices, Obituaries and so much more! We are your local hometown newspaper devoted to the progress of Gilmer County for 150 years! Subscribe today at timescourier.com or call Rhesa at 706-635-4313. 🇺🇸

12/15/2025

We don't want to beat this to a pulp. It's just a reminder to be aware and be careful during the next 24 hours.

Tonight, and into tomorrow, temperatures are going to drop fast. With the wind chills, feel-like temperatures will be in the single digits. Hypothermia can begin in under 30 minutes - faster depending on variables. Please make sure to bundle up! This is especially true for children, seniors, and other sensitive groups. The Warming Center (civic center) will be open to those in the community who may need it.

Bundle up your kiddos who stand at a bus stop. Also, be sure to drip faucets to keep pipes from freezing; make sure all heaters are in proper working order and are being used correctly - especially space heaters. It's the little things that keep big things from happening.

12/15/2025

See what you missed last week!

Deputies arrest local Elf on the Shelf

https://www.timescourier.com/local-newsletter/deputies-arrest-local-elf-shelf

Subscribe today and SAVE! Call Rhesa at 706-635-4313 or subscribe online at timescourier.com. We are your local hometown newspaper devoted to the progress of Gilmer County for 150 years! 🇺🇸

12/12/2025

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

A family rushes into the Ellijay Lions Club’s Holiday Lights of Ellijay 2025. Thousands of Christmas lights make the event special. Shown from left are Jetson Feidler, Sara Mabe and Eyla Mabe. Read about Christmas activities in Gilmer County here:
https://www.timescourier.com/local-newsletter/gilmer-county-celebrates-christmas

Subscribe and save at timescourier.com! We are your hometown newspaper devoted to the progress of Gilmer County for 150 years!

12/11/2025

Jennifer Anderson

Wreaths arrive for ceremony

The Wreaths Across America truck arrived at Panorama Orchards Thursday morning, and volunteers offloaded it for the ceremony at Ellijay City Cemetery this Saturday at noon. See full story here:
https://www.timescourier.com/local-newsletter/wreaths-across-america-ceremony-saturday

12/11/2025

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The Official Organ of Gilmer County, published weekly

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What is today known as the Times-Courier began in 1875. Originally the Ellijay Courier, the first issue was published on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1875. The subscription rate was $2 per year.

In 1916, Ellijay was a mule-wagon and ox-cart town with two bitterly warring political factions and two newspapers, the Ellijay Courier and the Ellijay Times. The two political factions, called the "Simon Pures" and the "Slick Tails," roughly Democrats and Republicans, had been using the newspapers to voice their opposing views. With the Times-Courier's consolidation on Jan. 1, 1916, the new owner hoped to provide local news but avoid controversy by being non-partisan.

The Times-Courier was owned and operated by the Bunch family from 1967 to 2015, when it was sold to Community Newspapers Inc., which is proud to oversee the official news source of beautiful Gilmer County and the north Georgia mountains. CNI believes strong newspapers build strong communities. “Newspapers get things done!” Our primary goal is to publish distinguished and profitable community-oriented newspapers. This mission will be accomplished through the teamwork of professionals dedicated to truth, integrity, loyalty, quality and hard work.

The Times-Courier debuted a redesign of both the print edition and www.timescourier.com in 2016, with much more to come. Thanks for reading!

Times-Courier Publishing Co., Inc. The Official Organ of Gilmer County Courier Established in 1875

47 River Street | P.O. Box 1076 | Ellijay, GA 30540 Phone 706-635-4313 | Fax 706-635-7006 www.timescourier.com

CNI Awards

2016 Best Local News Coverage Best Overall Design Best of CNI Division A runner-up

Georgia Press Awards

2017 First place – Education writing, Whitney Crouch Second place – Lifestyle Feature Column, Whitney Crouch Third-place – Headline Writing, Robbie Bills Third place – Lifestyle Feature Column, April Teague

2016 First place – Lifestyle Column, Whitney Crouch First place – Feature Writing, Michael Andrews First place – Special Issues (2015 Apple Festival Edition), Times-Courier Staff

2015 First place – Feature Writing, Whitney Crouch

2014 Second place – Feature Writing, Whitney Crouch Third place – Education Coverage, Whitney Crouch, Staff

2014 Other Awards John Harrell Mass Media Award from the Georgia Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

2013 First place – Humorous Column, Michael Andrews First place – Education Coverage, Whitney Crouch First place – Sports Writing, Robbie Bills Third place – Humorous Column, Whitney Crouch Third place – Special Section, Staff

2012 First place – Sports Column, Robbie Bills Second place – Sports Column, Robbie Bills Third place – News Photograph, Michael Andrews Third place – Community Service, Michael Andrews

2011 Second place, News Photo, Michael Andrews Second place – Feature Writing, Whitney Crouch Third place – Humorous Column, Whitney Crouch

2010 Second place – Feature Photograph, Michael Andrews Third place – Sports Column, Robbie Bills

2009 First place – Investigative Reporting, Becky Antworth Third place – Sports Column, Robbie Bills Third place – Sports Feature Photograph, April Teague Third place – Serious Column, Becky Antworth

2008 First place – Sports Photograph, John Peeler

2007 First place – Sports Photograph, April Teague

2006 Second place – Editorial Writing, Dub Joiner Second place – Sports Photograph, John Peeler

2005 First place – Editorial Page, J.C. Williams Trophy First place – Sports Column, John Peeler

2004 First place – Editorial Page, J.C. Williams Trophy First place – Humorous Column, Al Summers First place – Sports Photograph, John Peeler First place – Sports Column, John Peeler

2003 First place – Sports Column, John Peeler Third place – Hard News, Dub Joiner

2002 Second place – Sports Section, John Peeler

1990 Third place – Community Service, W. G. Sutlive Trophy

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