Press Releases

DeKalb Virtual Career Academy Participants Earn Boost in Pay

Youth who participated in the 2021 DeKalb Virtual Career Academy are getting a pay raise.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and the Board of Commissioners have announced an increase in pay from $9…

DeKalb County Ethics Board to Meet July 15

The DeKalb County Board of Ethics will conduct a board meeting on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/j/88137432677.

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Airport Advisory Board to Meet Virtually July 12

The DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Advisory Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 12, at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom at https://dekalbcountyga.zoom.us/s/87357743816. The…

DeKalb Juvenile Court Awarded $950,000 to Continue Youth Education and Training Program

DeKalb County Juvenile Court Chief Judge Vincent C. Crawford announced the receipt of a grant award of $949,811 from the U.S. Department of Labor-Employment and Training Administration to extend the…

DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections Announces New Appointed Board Members

The DeKalb County Voter Registration and Elections (DeKalb VRE) Board welcomed three returning members and two new members earlier this week, as Judge Bedelia C. Hargrove administered the official…

DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections to Meet Wednesday, July 7

The DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections will hold a special called meeting on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.

This meeting will be conducted via teleconference (Zoom). Simultaneous…

DeKalb Program Provides Vouchers and Scholarships for Summer Camps

Program available to income-eligible youth

The DeKalb Human Services Department, in partnership with the DeKalb Community Development Department, is currently providing a limited number of summer…

DeKalb’s Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition to Hold Webinar for Landlords

County will hold a webinar for landlords to explain the application process for its Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program today, Thursday, July 1, at 7 p.m.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond…

DeKalb’s Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition to Hold Webinar for Landlords

DeKalb County will hold a webinar for landlords to explain the application process for its Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program.

The webinar will be held Thursday, July 1, at 7 p.m.…

DeKalb CEO Thurmond Extends Water Disconnection Moratorium to Sept. 1

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has extended the five-year-old water service disconnection moratorium for residential water accounts to Sept. 1, 2021. The moratorium was set to expire on July 1…