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News Articles: Dalton

A frame grab from dashboard video of Ximena Arias-Cristobal's arrest for driving without a license. The charge would later be dropped but after Immigrations Customs and Enforcement issued and acted on a detainer request to the Whitfield County Jail.

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19-year-old who was sent to immigration detention following dropped traffic charges gets bond

North Georgia college student Ximena Arias-Cristobal, who had been in immigration detention for over two weeks, has been granted bond and will go home. 

19-year-old who was sent to immigration detention following dropped traffic charges gets bond

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship and
  • Sofi Gratas
A friend of Ximena Arias-Cristobal's family holds up a sign plastered with several photos of the 19-year-old, during a protest against the detainment of her and her father, Jose Arias-Tovar, in Dalton on May 14, 2025. Arias-Cristobal was arrested by local police during a traffic stop and sent to an ICE detention center in South Georgia shortly after, because she does not have valid U.S. citizenship.

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  • Politics

In Dalton, a community rallies for the release of student detained by immigration officials

Local charges against Ximena Arias-Cristobal have been dropped, but she remains in a South Georgia detention center.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Sarah Kallis
A small group gathers in a room in an office inside a Dalton, G eorgia, grocery store in mid - November to discuss mental health and suicide among this community’s large Latin o population. The suicide rate among Latinos has increased significantly in the U.S. over the past decade.

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  • News

Rising suicide rate among Hispanics worries community leaders

The suicide rate for Hispanics in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade. The reasons are varied, say community leaders and mental health experts, citing factors such as language barriers, poverty, and a lack of bilingual mental health professionals.

January 22, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Miller and
  • Molly Castle Work
Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, would reach full power in coming days, after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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Third nuclear reactor reaches 100% power output at Georgia's Plant Vogtle

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle has reached its full output of 1,100 megawatts of electricity.

May 30, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Chris Crowe, left, carries a sign during the protest by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1212 in front of First Student in Dalton on Monday, May 15, 2023. Crowe is vice president of ATU Local 1212.

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Dalton school bus drivers reach deal to end strike

After a week of walking the picket line, the union for Dalton Public Schools bus drivers accepted a contract Friday afternoon with the private company that operates transportation for the school district.

May 22, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Wilkins
Parked yellow school bus

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Unionized school bus drivers in Georgia city continue strike, accusing company of unfair practices

School bus drivers are on strike in the northwest Georgia city of Dalton, leaving parents and school officials scrambling to take students to and from school.

May 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Qcells solar panel factory in Dalton, Ga. Thursday, April 6, 2023.

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  • News

Vice President Harris announces record solar deal at Northwest Georgia factory

Qcells’ factories near Dalton will produce 2.5 million panels for a community solar project.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Mayelli Meza is painting a mural on a wall of the Oakwood Cafe in downtown Dalton.

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Downtown mural featuring Dalton's diversity nears completion

The inspiration for wall murals came from the Dalton renaissance strategic vision, a downtown master plan, which includes examples of wall murals and public art.

November 23, 2021
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  • Associated Press
Dalton is expecting to experience its first air show performance in more than 30 years thanks to a partnership with the city and JLC Air Show Management.

Air Show Returns To Georgia City After 3 Decades

For the first time in more than 30 years, an air show will be held in the city of Dalton. The Inaugural Wings Over Dalton air show is scheduled May 9...

November 14, 2019
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By:
  • Kenny Murry
Science teacher Sarah Ott speaks to her class about climate literacy in Dalton, Ga. Teachers across the country describe struggles finding trustworthy materials to help them teach their students about climate change.

Old, Misleading Info Among Perils Of Teaching Climate Change

When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she'd never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit's hole of...

May 15, 2019
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  • Associated Press
A sign hangs up in the offices of Coalicion de Lideres Latinos in Dalton, Georgia. The group provides support for immigrants in the area.

Controversial Immigration Program May Expand In Georgia

In the wake of this week’s terror attack in New York , President Trump wants to kill the Diversity Visa Lottery , a program that issues about 50,000...

February 10, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers
A worker guides the creation of high-end vinyl placemats, table, floor and wall coverings at the Chilewich textile factory in Murray County, Georgia.

Tariffs Could Trigger Job Losses In Northwest Georgia

President Donald Trump promises to bring back factory jobs by cracking down on imported products from Mexico and China. But many worry he will trigger a...

May 31, 2017
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By:
  • Jacqui Helbert and
  • Susan Ferriss
Ramon Peña teaching members of Dalton's Hispanic community how to count in English. He said Whitfield County's participation in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's 287(g) has led to confusion and fear.

After Almost A Decade, An Immigration Enforcement Program Still Divides A Georgia Community

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for sheriffs and police departments to take a larger role in immigrations...

March 21, 2017
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead

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