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‘Challenge accepted’: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could be coming to UNG Dahlonega campus. Here’s why
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)
Ben Anderson
DCN Regional Staff
Published: May 1, 2025, 7:48 PM
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a friendly challenge to join cadets at the University of North Georgia Dahlonega campus for a round of physical training.
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This Georgia nonprofit helped honor the memory of fallen State Trooper from Dahlonega
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Nonprofit group Beyond the Call of Duty brought their law enforcement memorial trailer to the GRHOF last Saturday. They will be back with another trailer this Saturday. - photo by Rio White
Rio White
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Published: Jul 28, 2025, 8:55 PM
Nonprofit organization Beyond the Call of Duty, a group that helps honor fallen law enforcement officers and assists their families, brought their 2024 memorial trailer to the GRHOF on Saturday to help spread awareness to their cause.
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