by JMO Staff | May 17, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan was on hand last week to dedicate a sprawling, new 68-megawatt solar power facility in Houston County, just off I-75 near Perry in Middle Georgia. The project is the seventh utility-scale solar facility in the state to be brought online by Green...
by JMO Staff | May 10, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Looking for a way to expand the sport of football to Georgia girls, the Atlanta Falcons and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation in 2018 partnered with Gwinnett County Schools to fund the first-ever girls’ high school flag football league in Georgia. That season all 19...
by JMO Staff | May 3, 2022 | Georgia Pines
The Army Corps of Engineers made a surprising discovery while finishing up the Port of Savannah deepening project – 19 cannons once belonging to British warships dating back to the Revolutionary War. When the engineers found the first cannon while dredging the...
by JMO Staff | Apr 26, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Pharmaceutical developer and manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim has announced a $57 million expansion to its Animal Health Global Innovation Center in Athens. The facility, which will create more than 50 R&D jobs, will boost the company’s animal vaccine...
by JMO Staff | Apr 19, 2022 | Georgia Pines
The Georgia Chamber continued its “New Georgia Economy Tour” last week with a stop at Middle Georgia State University in Macon, where representatives met with local officials and business owners to discuss the difficulties and successes found in the...
by JMO Staff | Apr 12, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Last summer China banned the mining of cryptocurrency within its borders. Considering that previously 70 percent of crypto was mined there, that left a massive void in the newly-created crypto-economy. It also created an opportunity for small towns like...