COVID-19 Coverage

When Brandon and Hollie Lytle opened Dahlonega’s newest social house earlier this year, it was designed with very clear intentions: be a place where the community gathers.

Lance Bagley was due for his monthly haircut just before businesses started shutting down due to the coronavirus. When his beloved barbershop was set to reopen, his plans were set.

For 42 days and 42 nights, gyms in Dahlonega were closed. When Dahlonega Fitness Center opened back up on Monday, May 4, a small crowd was already waiting at 7:45 a.m., ready to get back to work.

As is the case anytime school is out of session, when schools were forced to close their doors as a result of the coronavirus, it left hundreds of kids across Lumpkin County wondering how those meals would be replaced.

Lyman Caldwell has preached all over North Georgia for years. However, there’s one place he never expected to preach.

With coronavirus complications leading to the cancellation of Dahlonega’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show, the question looms, what does the future of festivals look like for the remainder of 2020?

COVID-19 has made for a tough time for many.

Especially huggers.

Speculation heated up last week when the Centers for Disease Control released suggested guidelines for reopening schools that seemed to leave Lumpkin County Board of Education members shaking their heads.

Although Dahlonega is already revered as a charming, friendly town, those who passed through downtown in the past week were sure to notice an unusually large number of smiling faces on the square, despite mandated social distancing.

With the coronavirus and quarantines sending stress, boredom and anxiety to all-time highs, people are looking everywhere for good news. So the Fuerstenberg’s decided to make their own.