Kevin J. Lanier is now the fire chief of Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services, the county announced.
What’s Happening: Lanier takes over the department after 25 years working for Cherokee County.
What’s Important: Lanier replaces Eddie Robinson, who is retiring. The county described Robinson’s tenure as spanning decades but did not give a specific number of years.
The Path Forward: Lanier brings more than two decades of experience inside the same department he now leads.
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B.T. Clark is an award-winning journalist and the Publisher of The Georgia Sun. He has 25 years of experience in journalism and served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta for 15 years and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc. for 8 years. His work has appeared in several newspapers throughout the state including Neighbor Newspapers, The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal. He is a Georgia native and a fifth-generation Georgian.
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