Try These Best Practices to Refresh Your RésuméCherokee saw an overall growth of 17,448 jobs in 2017, and 2018 is expected to be no different. To provide a clearinghouse for jobs within the county, the Cherokee Office of Economic Development (COED) recently has launched a new website for talent and career development to connect Cherokee’s innovative industries and residents … [Read more...]

The 33rd annual Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup (GLAC) is Oct. 6. Last year, 3,100 volunteers participated in the one-day environmental event, managed by the Allatoona Lake Association. Each year, the GLAC is one the largest registered National Public Lands Day events in the country.Several tons of trash, tires and debris are collected each year with the help of hundreds of … [Read more...]

Give a Kid a Chance - Cherokee hosted the 13th annual event on July 14 at First Baptist Church Canton and Hillside United Methodist in Woodstock. Photos on this page are from the Canton location. More than 500 volunteers helped distribute 2,700 backpacks in the two locations. More than 70 businesses, churches and civic organizations pitched in as well. For more details about … [Read more...]

We love back-to-school season.While summer break offers us time to complete important work, like upgrading technology, training teachers and improving campuses, we count down the days until we can welcome back students and focus on our primary mission of teaching and learning.Back-to-school time is a lot like New Year’s – a time for students to make a fresh start, and … [Read more...]

Last summer, news broke that Equifax, one of the big three credit reporting agencies, had been hacked. When the dust settled, more than 150 million Americans discovered their personal credit data, everything from Social Security numbers, date of birth and addresses to debt information, were now in the hands of criminals. To this day, the case remains open, and no one has been … [Read more...]