by JMO Staff | Feb 22, 2022 | Georgia Pines
A nearly eight-foot long indigo snake was recently found near Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia – and local ecologists say its massive size is good news. Indigo snakes, the longest native snakes in the U.S., once lived throughout the Southeast. Now extinct in...
by JMO Staff | Feb 15, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Business executives from across the nation gathered near Albany this month for the Georgia Chamber’s 33rd annual Georgia Quail Hunt, one of the longest running economic development programs in the U.S. The event serves as a retreat for top executives to mingle...
by JMO Staff | Feb 8, 2022 | Georgia Pines
Conservationists scored a win last week when U.S. mining company Chemours announced it would not be doing any business in the next five years with Twin Pines Minerals, the company attempting to open a titanium mine on a 740-acre area just miles from the Okefenokee...
by JMO Staff | Feb 1, 2022 | Georgia Pines
A new charter school in Mableton, in south Cobb County, features a unique partner: the Girl Scouts of America. Amana Academy, which already has one campus in Alpharetta, is set to open its second location at Girl Scouts’ Camp Timber Ridge. Amana Academy West...
by JMO Staff | Jan 25, 2022 | Georgia Pines
The tiny town of Chester, in Dodge County in central Georgia, is among the first municipalities in the nation to appeal its 2020 census results, arguing that its population had been majorly under-counted. The census reported just 525 residents, but city officials...
by JMO Staff | Jan 18, 2022 | Georgia Pines
As state officials continue to ponder and debate elections changes, Floyd County in northwest Georgia has taken some tangible steps towards revamping its own local elections process. The county is preparing to open in March a brand new elections office, featuring a...
