🌱 How a Cohutta family copes as health costs rise and aid shrinks

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• How a Cohutta family copes as health costs rise and aid shrinks

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 87, low: 71.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 92 and low of 73 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Trump stronghold feels healthcare cuts, but political shift remains unlikely (wfxg.com) — A Cohutta resident, Amber Bates, is highlighted as one of many northwest Georgians losing affordable health coverage after enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expired. The story explores how families like hers are struggling with medical costs yet largely remain loyal to Donald Trump and other Republicans, even as experts say GOP-led policy changes have increased the number of uninsured people in Georgia’s 14th District.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29

• JV Softball @ Adairsville
  Heritage Middle School Adairsville Middle School, 485 Old U.S. 41, Adairsville, GA 301
  8:00 am

Monday August 31

• Teacher Prof Learning Days
  Murray County Chatsworth, GA 30705

Tuesday September 1

• Safety Preparedness Month
  Whitfield County Dalton, GA 30720
• Varsity & JV Volleyball vs LMS @ HMS
  Heritage Middle School , 4005 Poplar Springs Rd, Ringgold, GA 30
  4:30 pm
• Ribbon Cutting: Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics Collective
  Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce 1012 Riverburch Pkwy Dalton, GA
  4:30 pm

Wednesday September 2

• Varsity & JV Volleyball @ North Whitfield
  Heritage Middle School North Whitfield Middle School, 350 Trailblazer Ln, Dalton, GA 3
  5:00 pm
• Cross Country @ Edwards Park
  Heritage Middle School 115 Edwards Pk, Dalton, GA 30721, USA
  5:15 pm

Thursday September 3

• Varsity & JV Volleyball @ Gordon Lee Middle
  Heritage Middle School Gordon Lee Middle School, 300 Crescent Ave, Chickamauga, GA 307
  4:30 pm
• SpiritHorse Registration for Riding Sessions →
  Freedom Ranch, 288 Colston Rd, Tunnel Hill
  4:30 pm
• Cross Country @ Baylor
  Heritage Middle School Baylor School, 171 Baylor School Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37405, US
  4:30 pm

Friday September 4

• Women's Coffee
  Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce Location to be decided.
  8:30 am

Saturday September 5

• Cheer Competition @ Lafayette High
  Heritage Middle School LaFayette High School, 5178 Round Pond Rd, LaFayette, GA 30728\
  7:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Republic Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Gate Attendant / Scale Operator in Ringgold. Apply here.
• Mohawk Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Design Associate in Dalton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cohutta here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ringgold

• 3 TO GET READY: Journey cover band, Artisan Expo, Dolly Parton tributes (local3news.com)
• Dolly Parton says she'll miss husband Carl Dean after his 2025 death: ours is a great love story (carolineprogress.com)
• Inside Dolly Parton's Remote Tennessee Sanctuary-as Country Singer Reveals Toll of Husband Carl Dean's Death: 'I Let a Lot of Things Go' (beaumontenterprise.com)

Dalton

• Ha-Seong Kim Delivers Walk Off Winner as Atlanta Downs the Dodgers 6-5 (wdef.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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