[3] The North Georgia News was preceded by the Blairsville Free Press which was started by J.A.

Butt Jr., and The Blairsville Herald which was published by Quillian & Wellborn.

Both newspapers began in 1892 and ceased publication in an unknown year.

[4][5] From 2001 until 2012, the North Georgia News faced competition from the Union Sentinel.

Today the North Georgia News is the only newspaper printed in the county.