The first of Plant Vogtle’s two new nuclear power units hit a key milestone this week when the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved it to go into operation. With that final hurdle out of the way, the unit can be loaded with fuel, undergo final rounds of testing, and be ready to go into service in March. The second unit is now scheduled to come online in the last quarter of 2023. After a long and winding road to completion, Vogtle’s new units are RISING…
City has entire police force resign
The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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