Early voting for the Walker County runoff election will take place March 30 through April 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Walker County Elections Office on South Main Street in LaFayette. Election officials say only one early voting location will be open due to the short turnaround time required for runoff elections, which makes additional satellite sites impractical. Election Day is set for Tuesday, April 7, when all 11 precincts across Walker County will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and voters must vote at their assigned precinct.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners will hold a special called work session today at 4:30 p.m. in the conference room of Courthouse Annex One on South Duke Street in LaFayette. Commissioners will focus on a Fiscal Year 2026 budget. County officials say the meeting is open to the public and provides an opportunity to review financial details for the upcoming fiscal year. The next regular meeting of the Walker County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m.
The Walker County Landfill is celebrating the first full week of spring with a unique giveaway called “Strawapalooza” today and tomorrow. About 250 square bales of straw will be available free to the public while supplies last. The straw is leftover from a slope stabilization project and must be distributed due to limited storage space. Residents can pick up the straw at the Walker County Landfill from 8 am to 4pm today and tomorrow. Visitors should stop at the scale house first, and there is a limit of five bales per vehicle per day. The straw will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
The latest Walker County restaurant inspection scores. The Best Grill in LaFayette, the McDonalds in Chickamauga and Los Guerreo’s in LaFayette all scored a 100. The Crushed Tomato in LaFayette got a 99. The Dairy Queen in LaFayette scored a 96.
Georgia is modernizing how career pathways are organized in schools, reducing the number of Career Clusters from 17 to 14 to better match today’s workforce needs. The Georgia Department of Education says all 152 Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education pathways will remain in place, but will be reorganized to make career exploration easier for students and families. State School Superintendent Richard Woods says the goal is to better connect high school coursework with college programs and high-demand careers. Officials say the updated structure supports Georgia’s Top State for Talent initiative and helps build a stronger workforce pipeline for the future.