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...
by JMO Staff | Oct 3, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Thanks in large part to the bipartisan efforts of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia will soon be nominated by the U.S. National Park Service as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The 400,000 acre Okefenokee is one of...
by JMO Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | Georgia Pines
Who needs Munich? The longest running Oktoberfest in the U.S. is back now in Helen, in north Georgia. Running through the end of October the popular event engulfs the scenic alpine town but centers around the Helen Festhalle, where visitors can take in the (semi)...
