GT partners with Evans County middle school

Things might not be looking great for Georgia Tech on the football field, but off it – particularly when it comes to STEM curriculums – the university remains among the nation’s best.  And in tiny Evans County in southeast Georgia, a local middle...

Athens joins film industry

Last week a crowd gathered for the groundbreaking of Athena Studios, the first ever soundstage built in Athens, Georgia.  The studios will be used for both educational and commercial productions, and have already partnered with the Grady College of Journalism and the...

Cutting the ribbon at the Mason Mega Rail facility

Ongoing supply chain problems are all over the news, all over the world.  Here in Georgia, we are seeing a solution. Last week Gov. Brian Kemp and other state officials were on hand to cut the ribbon at the Georgia Ports Authority’s new Mason Mega Rail facility in...

A Golden Ray postmortem

The final chunk of the wreck of the Golden Ray was finally removed in late October, wrapping up an operation that Cmdr. Efren Lopez of the U.S. Coast Guard called “the largest wreck removal in U.S. history.”  The South Korean freighter, carrying more than...

Better internet for SE Ga.

In 2019 Senate Bill 2 authorized EMCs to provide broadband, with the goal of making it easier to roll out expansion to rural swaths of the state.  That is paying dividends with this week’s announcement that Altamaha EMC (AEMC) would be forming a...

Major solar project comes to Lee County

A major solar power installation is coming to Lee County – and when completed it will be the largest in the Southeast.  The 3,000 acre South Georgia site will produce 250 megawatts of electricity, enough to power nearly 50,000 homes.  However most of the...

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