by JMO Staff | Nov 14, 2023 | Georgia Pines
You may not have noticed, but much of North Georgia is currently in a severe drought, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture declaring a natural disaster declaration across 11 counties last week. The declaration allows the USDA’s Farm Service Agency to extend...
by JMO Staff | Nov 7, 2023 | Georgia Pines
It was a long time coming but an impressive new three-building, $6.5 million complex was dedicated on October 30 to serve as the Eatonton headquarters and hub for Putnam County’s fire department, ambulance service and coroner’s office. The main building houses...
by JMO Staff | Oct 31, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Last Friday Fort Gordon, outside Augusta, was officially renamed as Fort Eisenhower, marking the ninth and final renaming of Army bases this year. In 2021 Congress created a naming commission that sought to rename military bases named after Confederate leaders. Fort...
by JMO Staff | Oct 24, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian has had a rocky couple of years, but company officials say their $5 billion factory in Social Circle, east of Atlanta, is moving forward as planned. The site has faced a barrage of legal challenges from upset neighbors worried...
by JMO Staff | Oct 17, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Normally floods are a bad thing for the city of Columbus, which lies directly up against the Chattahoochee River. But this month the city is being flooded in a good way – by hundreds of world-class paddlers in town for the 2023 ICF Canoe Freestyle World...
by JMO Staff | Oct 10, 2023 | Georgia Pines
While the Atlanta sporting scene is abuzz with rumors of the possibility of the NHL returning to the city for a record third time, could another Georgia city also be getting back into the ice hockey mix? Later this month Augusta voters will decide whether or not to...
