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Co-op faces challenge in replacing power lines in Hall County
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Electric power transmission lines stretch across the edge of High Pointe subdivision across Lake Lanier. Currently the lines are supported by a double wooden pole system that soon will be replaced by a single-pole concrete and steel system.
The 6.2 miles of power lines were staked across northern Hall County before Lake Lanier was built in the 1950s and at a time when farms and pastures filled the landscape. The scenery is much different now. In the decades since, neighborhoods have sprung up between Leach Road and an area off the lake between Thompson Bridge Road and Riverside and Island drives.
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Cherokee Bluff High coach charged with DUI, going 94 in a 70-mph zone
JOSHUA TRAVIS
JOSHUA TRAVIS
Cherokee Bluff High School’s boys basketball coach was charged last week with driving under the influence, going 94 mph in a 70-mph zone and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle on Interstate 985, according to court documents
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