Falon Cook, physical therapy assistant (left), and Crystal Duke, certified occupational therapy assistant (right), played key roles in Alice Bryant’s therapy at Ridgewood Manor Health and Rehabilitation. Dalton resident Alice Bryant was facing the possibility of amputation of her feet earlier this year when blood flow became so restricted she had to go to the Emergency Department. After an angioplasty, a procedure that opens narrowed or blocked blood vessels to restore circul

As Christmas and the New Year’s holiday approach, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is sending out the following travel alerts and safety tips to facilitate motorists reaching their holiday destinations. Georgia DOT will temporarily suspend lane closures on interstates, major state routes, and roadways near key shopping areas, malls, and retail districts. The suspension will be effective from Tuesday, December 23 at 6:00 a.m. to Sunday, December 28 at 10:

TOP: John D. Meadows’ daughter, Missy, accepts an award as special recognition at the naming of the annual Unity Awards after Meadows. BOTTOM LEFT: The family of Eddie Reeves accepts the Jim Lay Legacy Award on behalf of the late Eddie Reeves. BOTTOM RIGHT: Kyle Smith accepts the Jim Lay Legacy Award at the annual Unity Awards ceremony. A true celebration of service, community and generosity, the United Way of Gordon County held their 2025 John D. Meadows Unity Awards recentl

The Gazette has confirmed with officials that Hardee’s, located on Hwy. 41 North in Resaca, has closed their doors as of this week. Hardee’s former franchisee, Summit Restaurant Holdings, declared bankruptcy a couple of years ago and was purchased by ARC Burger. ARC now faces financial issues, which has led to the termination of their agreement by Hardee’s in late 2025 and subsequent closures of numerous locations across states like Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, and more. Hardee

Gordon County Fire & Rescue have responded to two more residential fires this week, bringing the total to five house fires since Thanksgiving week. Just after midnight on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, firefighters responded to a fire at 1020 Knight Road in Ranger. Upon arrival, firefighters noticed the structure to be 80 percent involved in flames. A command was established and firefighters made entry into the structure to begin fire attack. Suppression efforts were faced with numer

Graduates of GNTC’s Basic Law Enforcement Training Class #BL11-2025-02 are (from left, front row) Castulo Molina, William Locke, Robert Heck, Robert Edwards, Devon Dornan, Cristian Deleon, Blake Delay, Chase Cole; (back row) James Weesner, Trent Thompson, Zachary Sugden, Larry Silvers, David Sarellano, Jacob Roberts, Edwin Newman and Owen Morales. Friends, family and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Gordon Coun

New Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic Site will be hosting Mission Holiday: Traditional Cherokee Recipe on December 20 th , 2025, in the Middle-Class cabin from 11 A.M. through 1 P.M. The year is coming to an end as well as the Traditional Cherokee Recipe program series for the year 2025. The last recipe presented to visitors will be one found in the Moravian Diaries written during the early part of the 19 th century at their mission by the Vann House known as Springpl

From left are Falon Cook, physical therapy assistant; Monteen Blevins, Ridgewood therapy patient; and Crystal Duke, certified occupational therapy assistant. Even after a car wreck left her reeling from pain, weakness and difficulty getting around, 92-year-old Dalton resident Monteen Blevins wasn’t about to give up.   She spent a month receiving services at Ridgewood Manor Health and Rehabilitation, part of Vitruvian Health. While there, she participated in physical therapy,

Pictured, Steven Proper, Shyloh Chavez, and Steven Duncan from Starr-Mathews. On Friday, December 12, the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Committee was named the regional winner of the Annual Northwest Georgia Share Your Christmas Food Drive Competition. The challenge invited Young Professional committees in the Northwest Georgia region to compete in a friendly contest to collect the greatest amount of food for local families facing food insecurity. The

Hamilton Medical Center (HMC) has set the 2026 schedule for its certified nursing assistant (CNA) program training.   CNAs typically work at nursing homes, hospitals and other medical centers. They have nursing skills such as recording vital signs, recognizing abnormal changes in their patients, assisting a patient with primary activities such as eating and drinking, and helping a patient become more independent. Many CNAs describe their job as very rewarding because they hel