by JMO Staff | Apr 18, 2025 | Floating Boats
The Big Ridge Fire in Rabun County was the largest forest fire in the region since 2016, burning more than 3,400 acres in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. More than 280 U.S. Forest Service firefighters and support personnel were called to battle the blaze,...
by JMO Staff | Apr 17, 2025 | Floating Boats
Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state has led to a trend – some may say troubling, some may not – of massive outside money being poured into local races. See U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s most recent financial report; Gearing up for a slugfest...
by JMO Staff | Apr 16, 2025 | Floating Boats
It’s not common for incumbent U.S. congressmen to get serious primary challenges – but that’s exactly what Athens’ U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde is getting in 2026. Gainesville Mayor Sam Couvillon has raised $260,000 in just two months since...
by JMO Staff | Apr 15, 2025 | Floating Boats
The opioid epidemic has evolved over the years and now the biggest concern (and killer) is fentanyl, a synthetic drug that dealers use to cut other drugs and make them more potent, but is incredibly deadly even in small doses. Nearly 100,000 Americans were killed by...
by JMO Staff | Apr 14, 2025 | Floating Boats
Law enforcement was sent scrambling when it was discovered that a murderer had been accidentally released from the Clayton County jail and had been on the run for weeks. Clayton DA Tasha Mosley was incensed at the news that Kathan Guzman, who had been convicted of...
by JMO Staff | Apr 11, 2025 | Floating Boats
Tariffs are all over the headlines these days and roiling the stock market as critics and supporters argue over their implementation. But there is one industry in Georgia that very much stands to gain by them – shrimping. Georgia’s shrimp industry has...
