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Career Academy students create game for KNB

Associates in the programming pathway at Newton College and Career Academy in Covington developed this game to help create a video game to encourage practices of keeping our community clean.

Students utilized online game development platform Game Salad, wh...

District 3 Community Cleanup on June 12

NEWTON COUNTY, GA – District 3 Commissioner Alana Sanders and the Newton County Bicentennial Committee, along with Keep Newton Beautiful, are hosting a community cleanup in District 3 providing service to the community during the 200th year of N...

Convenience Center hang tags on sale

Newton County Trash Collection Convenience Centers fiscal year 2022 vehicle hang tags went on sale Tuesday, June 1.

The hang tags are required to enter the County’s six convenience centers from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Each hang tag can be purchased ...

View FY2022 Budget Book

View the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Book here:

Transmittal Letter | Proposed FY 2022 Budget Book (cleargov.com)

Splash Pad opens May 29

The Newton County Splash Pad, located at Denny Dobbs Park, opens May 29 at 10 a.m.

The County’s first splash pad was built thank to funds from the 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales tax and is available free to all Newton County residents.

Ch...

Convenience Center hang tags go on sale June 1

Newton County Trash Collection Convenience Centers fiscal year 2022 vehicle hang tags go on sale Tuesday, June 1.

The hang tags are required to the County’s six convenience centers from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Each hang tag can be purchase...

Newton County receives $2.6 million from JDA

The Joint Development Authority of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton counties presented the Newton County Board of Commissioners with a $2,606,250 check during the board’s regular meeting Tuesday night.

The check represents a portion of the proce...

Mass Vaccination site opens at Georgia Piedmont Technical College

The Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments will open a mass vaccination site in Newton County, located at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Newton Campus in Building D - 8100 Bob Williams Parkway, Covington on Monday, April 19, 2021. Th...

DCA announces Georgia Rental Assistance Program

Georgia Rental Assistance Program

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs began administering the State of Georgia Rental Assistance Program (GRA) in early March 2021. GRA can help renters with their past due rent and utilities. Payment will be made di...

Patient thanks Fire personnel for save

Newton County Fire Service personnel from Station 1 and an EMS crew went on a special house call Tuesday morning that may not have been possible without their actions just six days earlier.

On March 17, the crew of Engine 1 was on call at Station 1 when a ...

SWMA makes changes to landfill, convenience center fees

The Newton County Solid Waste Management Authority approved a financial rate plan for the operations of Newton County’s landfill and convenience centers during its meeting Feb. 24.

All new rates will go into place on July 1, 2021.

Included in the ...