by JMO Staff | Jan 11, 2022 | Georgia Pines
It was big news last year when Texas-based gas station chain Buc-ee’s opened up its first Georgia location outside Warner Robins, and a year later local officials are seeing a major impact. A study from the Warner Robins Traffic and Engineering Department...
by JMO Staff | Jan 4, 2022 | Georgia Pines
In April of 2021 Macon Mayor Lester Miller announced an ambitious plan to demolish 30 blighted houses in 30 days. That initiative, which drew in partners including the Macon-Bibb Tax Commissioner’s Office, the Macon-Bibb County Land Bank Authority, Public Works,...
by JMO Staff | Dec 28, 2021 | Georgia Pines
Descendants of slaves brought over from West Africa as far back as the 17th century, the Gullah Geechee culture remains up and down the coasts of North and South Carolina, through Georgia and into North Florida. On Sapelo Island, a barrier island about an hour south...
by JMO Staff | Dec 21, 2021 | Georgia Pines
Supporters of Spaceport Camden got some very good news Monday when the Federal Aviation Administration approved issuance of a launch site operator license. Now Camden County can purchase the land and begin construction on the spaceport, located on some 12,000 acres...
by JMO Staff | Dec 14, 2021 | Georgia Pines
Historically citruses have only really been able to be farmed in states like Florida and California, due to the fact that a single cold snap can kill off the entire season’s crop. But thanks to researchers at the University of Georgia’s Tifton campus, a...
by JMO Staff | Dec 7, 2021 | Georgia Pines
It was a tough weekend for Bainbridge’s favorite son (UGA football coach Kirby Smart) but it’s not all been bad news for the southwest Georgia city, which recently announced a $700 million expansion from Danimer Scientific, a biopolymer manufacturer based...
