Chickamauga, GA - Walker County welcomes over 3,800 athletes to the area for this Sunday’s IRONMAN 70.3 event. A majority of the 56-mile bicycle portion of the triathlon will once again trek through Walker County. Cyclists will enter Walker County on Highway 193, where a new “Walker County Welcomes You” sign will greet them. Athletes … Continue reading Ironman 70.3 Event Returns to Walker County This Weekend
Don't be the last in line! If you need a vehicle transaction done in late May or early June, go ahead and get it done today.
Commissioner Shannon Whitfield held two public meetings (ordinance change and planning) prior to the regular meeting. A Senior Day proclamation, April department statistics and a MOU with the Family Crisis Center highlighted the agenda.
The first Board of Commissioners election doesn’t take place until 2020, but the staff at the Walker County Elections Office is already hard at work making sure every voter is placed in the correct district.
See a special showing of the 80's adventure movie "The Goonies" while camping out under the stars in Walker County, GA.
Chickamauga, GA – Before the gates even opened last Saturday, the crew working Walker County’s latest Retire Your Tires Amnesty Day knew the event would be bustling. Vehicles were lined up and down Marble Top Road waiting to get in to the Walker County Landfill to dispose of tires for free. “We actually opened early because people … Continue reading Latest “Retire Your Tires” Amnesty Day Achieves Record Turnout
This news release comes from the Georgia Department of Public Health, Northwest Health District: Northwest Georgia Health Departments in Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon and Walker Counties will provide free hepatitis A vaccine to individuals at risk of the highly contagious, highly preventable liver disease every Friday in May. Clinics will be held at each health … Continue reading Northwest Georgia Health Departments to provide free hepatitis A vaccine clinics in May
Lafayette, GA - Units with Walker County Fire Rescue helped bring a hiker with a broken leg to safety late Saturday afternoon. Emergency crews received a call around 5:30 p.m. that a 30-year old woman had fallen at the Keown Falls overlook. The hiker was about eight-tenths of a mile down a trail. When rescue … Continue reading Walker County Fire Rescue Crews Bring Injured Hiker to Safety
Lights, Camera, Action! Walker County welcomes the cast and crew of the movie "The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland" to our community,
LaFayette, GA - Walker County Commissioner Shannon Whitfield made an important announcement this morning that will benefit every property owner in Walker County. Whitfield proclaimed an end to the Public Health Facilities and Services fee, the ordinance created to pay down the county’s debt to Erlanger Health System over the course of three years. “We … Continue reading Walker County’s Erlanger Fee to be Eliminated
