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Linda Wilson
May 29, 20203 min read
Touch-Free Fun, Summer Reading, Free Kids' Meals--Here's the Library's Summer Lineup!
There’s lots of news about Summer Reading this week. Be sure you register your kids and teens on BeanStack at chrl.org. There will be...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 28, 202010 min read
State Senate Debate Made For Good Television
Sen. Jeff Mullis (left) and challenger Colton Moore (from video). In Dade, the regular candidate forum, such as the one staged May 14 by...
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John Deffenbaugh
May 27, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor: What Does a House Rep Do All Day?
Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor from John Deffenbaugh, who served several terms as Dade's district rep in the Georgia House...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 27, 20204 min read
Two Suspects Arrested in DCHS Child Porn Investigation, Says Sheriff
The highlight of today's regular 3 p.m. livestreamed COVID-19 briefing from Dade County was an appearance by Dade Sheriff Ray Cross to...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 26, 20208 min read
Dade Political Debates, Part 4: State House
The candidates Dade elects to the Georgia House of Representatives' District 1 seat have a reputation for forgetting all about the county...
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Sarah Dyer, County Agent
May 26, 20202 min read
USDA Opens Application Process Today for Coronavirus Food Assistance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) has released the details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which...
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Ann Bartlett
May 23, 20202 min read
Joy of the Mountain
Origanum, the botanical name of the oregano family, contains 45 species and six sub-species of perennials and sub-shrubs. They are native...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 22, 20209 min read
Dade County Candidate Debate, Part 3: District 4 Commissioner
By the time the District 4 county commission candidates got their shot at wowing potential voters at last week's marathon broadcast-only...
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Press Release
May 22, 20202 min read
CHI Mammogram Bus Visits Resume in Trenton on June 2
CHI Memorial’s mobile health coach will provide mammography screenings at Primary Healthcare Center–Trenton on Tuesday, June 2, from 9...
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Linda Wilson
May 22, 20203 min read
Summer Reading, Free School Meals Available at Library in June
Because of the weeks the library has been closed, and with everything else that is going on (or not going on), I have failed to introduce...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 21, 20207 min read
Dade's Political Debate, Part 2: Goff v. Henegar for District 3
This is the second in The Planet's recaps of last week's Dade County marathon political debates, staged on May 14 by local station KWN...
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Dr. Jan Irons Harris, Superintendent of Schools
May 19, 20201 min read
Superintendent's Message May 18, 2020
Click the image below to access the Super's interactive message!
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 19, 20201 min read
Dade Board of Education Personnel List May 18
At its Monday afternoon meeting, the Dade County Board of Education made the following personnel changes for next school year: It...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 19, 202011 min read
Dade's Marathon Debate: Part 1-Rumley v. Wooten for County Exec
One of the casualties of this blighted year of COVID-19 is local politics. Candidates have had little chance to campaign in a shutdown...
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Phillip Hartline
May 18, 20202 min read
Hartline Endorses Moore for State Senate
Editor's note: The following is an open letter from Dade District 2 Commissioner Phillip Hartline. May 16, 2020 Dear Citizens of Dade...
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Robin Ford Wallace
May 18, 20204 min read
Some Joyous Tidings: Driver's Services, City Pool Open, and Free Testing Every Day at Health Dep
The Planet had stopped synopsizing the Dade County government's daily 3 p.m. COVID-19 briefings, but there were so many important...
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Linda Wilson
May 18, 20202 min read
Library's Summer Reading Program Will Adapt to COVID-19 Situation
Everything is different in 2020, and that will be true of the library’s summer reading program, too. Our theme is Imagine Your Story....
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Connie Ward
May 18, 20202 min read
Announcing Rising Pines Farm Market
Editor's Note: This is an open letter from Connie Ward, who is opening a new Thursday farmers market on Lookout Mountain. The idea of an...
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Ann Bartlett
May 16, 20202 min read
NIce and Easy
Looking for a low-maintenance, problem-free, long-lived shrub? Look no farther than the viburnum. Know as “cranberry bush” in Europe,...
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Sgt. Chad Payne
May 14, 20201 min read
Sgt. Chad Reports: Boy Strikes Preacher in Rising Fawn
Sgt. Chad Payne is information officer, as well as a detective, for the Dade County Sheriff's Office. On May Tuesday, May 12, at...
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