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The Times earns 18 Associated Press awards

Hall County Fire Services Lt. Nathan Crowe holds Suger Bear the dog Tuesday afternoon as he is hoisted from an estimated 35-foot abandoned well in Murrayville. From left, Sgt. Matt Carney, Capt. Zach Brackett, Sgt. Parker Camp, Battalion Chief Tyler Dorsey and Capt. Casey Ramsey lowered Crowe into the hole so he could grab the pooch, which may have been trapped in the well for weeks.

0104dogs1 — Hall County Fire Services Lt. Nathan Crowe holds Suger Bear the dog Tuesday afternoon as he is hoisted from an estimated 35-foot abandoned well in Murrayville. From left, Sgt. Matt Carney, Capt. Zach Brackett, Sgt. Parker Camp, Battalion Chief Tyler Dorsey and Capt. Casey Ramsey lowered Crowe into the hole so he could grab the pooch, which may have been trapped in the well for weeks.

The Times earned 18 awards in the Georgia Associated Press Media Editors contest for 2017 in Division II among the state’s largest daily papers, including Story of the Year and Photo of the Year. The awards were announced at the Georgia AP Media Editors awards banquet, Saturday, June 23, in Atlanta.