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County Commission Votes 5-4 To Revise R-1 Zoning Regulations Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus The Hamilton County Commissioners on Wednesday voted 5-4 in favor of revising R-1 zoning regulations. It increases density by reducing street frontage from 60 to 50 feet, and setbacks from 25 to 20 feet, and reduces the square footage of a lot from 7,500 to 6,000 square feet.    The City Council is expected to be asked to adopt the same measure later.   Commissioners Rand...

County School Board To Take Applications From Administrators Interested In Serving As Interim Superintendent; Choice Set To Be Made Monday Afternoon Thursday, July 15, 2021 The County School Board, still reeling from the unexpected resignation of Supt. Bryan Johnson just two days earlier, voted Thursday to begin accepting applications from Hamilton County School administrators who want to apply for interim superintendent. Six were in favor of the motion, while Rhonda Thurman was opposed a...

Jun. 10—In a matter of a few minutes Wednesday, about one quarter of Hamilton County's geographic area received new leadership. Joan Carter, widow of former District 29 Republican state Rep. Mike Carter, was appointed by the Hamilton County Commission to fill her late husband's seat on an interim basis, and Hamilton County Board of Education member Dr. Steve Highlander was appointed by the ...

Steve Highlander Is Compromise Candidate For County Commission District 9 Seat Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus County School Board member Steve Highlander was voted in as the next County Commissioner for District 9. He replaces the exiting Chester Bankston, who left the district for Florida a few weeks ago. The commissioners voted last week. However, neither Dean Moorhouse or Shannon Stephenson was able to get the needed five votes. This week, Commissioner Katherlyn Geter had t...

Highlander Is Compromise Candidate For County Commission District 9 Seat Wednesday, June 9, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus County School Board member Steve Highlander was voted in as the next County Commissioner for District 9. He replaces the exiting Chester Bankston, who left the district for Florida a few weeks ago. The commissioners voted last week. However, neither Dean Moorhouse or Shannon Stephenson was able to get the needed five votes. This week, Commissioner Katherlyn Geter had to miss...

County School Students To Return To Campuses Next Monday Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Hamilton County Schools officials said students will be returning to campuses next Monday.  K-5 will be four days per week, and all other grades on a hybrid/A-B schedule. County School officials said, "Due to the current Phase Tracker level of 0.73% based on local COVID-19 trend data for the five-day average, Hamilton County Schools will follow the Phase 2 scedule Feb. 1-5. Please be aware t...

New Tyner High, Middle School At Top Of School Board Wish List Along With Clifton Hills Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Several county school board members said Thursday that a new school for Tyner High School and for the adjacent Tyner Middle School is at the top of their list for the next phase of the county school building program. Karista Mosley Jones, who has Tyner in her school board district, said it "should be our number one priority" in Phase 1 of the buildout. She said, "Its not safe....