Boost in storage keeps Port of Savannah busy

  Increased storage capacity is helping the Port of Savannah offset some of the impacts of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Last month was Savannah’s second busiest May on record, exceeded only by May of 2022. Savannah handled 500,900 twenty-foot...

Georgia unemployment rate declines slightly

  Georgia’s unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 3.5%, seven-tenths below the national jobless rate, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. “After holding steady at 3.6% for nearly a year – and recent job growth – we’re proving once again that...

State DOT completes Hurricane Helene recovery

It took the Georgia Department of Transportation seven months to finish clearing the massive amounts of debris Hurricane Helene left across a wide swath of the state, an engineer with the agency said Wednesday. The DOT used 2,134 employees in the response to the storm...

Drug trafficking investigation nets 11 arrests

  Eleven people have been arrested on drug, gun, and other charges following an investigation into gang-related criminal activities in Middle Georgia. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office launched Operation “Westside Wakeup” in January, with Georgia Attorney General...

Georgia adoption regulations come under fire

Recent changes in the adoptions process in Georgia are causing such extensive delays that the state is no longer considered “adoption-friendly,” several adoption lawyers said Wednesday. But the owner of an adoption agency in Coastal Georgia and a birth mother defended...

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