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Augusta Fire Department welcomes 13 new firefighters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A class of fire recruits graduated from the Augusta Fire Department on Friday. The department welcomed 13 new firefighters to the agency. The department says this year’s theme, “Courage Under Fire: Rising Above,” was truly embodied by each recruit. Augusta, Georgia Fire/EMA Department...
OFTC strengthens commitment to commercial truck driving program
Oconee Fall Line Technical College (OFTC) continues to meet workforce demands, specifically in producing quality trained commercial truck drivers, bridging the gap to combat the state’s truck driver shortage. In the last four years, enrollment in the College’s Commercial Truck Driving (CTD) program has increased 40 percent, a direct result of the college’s...
Braves Minor League Recap: Herick Hernandez dominates in professional debut
The team may not be winning, but times are fun down in Augusta right now. The GreenJackets are running out a number of the top Atlanta Braves draft picks for their debuts this week, but Herick Hernandez’s seven strikeouts in 3 2⁄3 innings is going to be tough to top. In addition Luis Guanipa returned to the lineup today after missing a week following an injury.
Georgia Power is drilling holes more than a mile underground. Here’s why
At a trio of spots in rural Georgia, including Bartow County, the state’s largest utility is boring holes thousands of feet into the Earth’s crust. The purpose isn’t to suck up water or to hunt for rare minerals. Instead, Georgia Power is testing to see if the rocks as much as 2 miles down might be a suitable place to store carbon dioxide produced by its oil- and gas-fired power plants, instead of allowing the heat-trapping gas to escape into the atmosphere. ...
WABE’s Week In Review: More election rule changes could disrupt Georgia this November, Harris hits the state
–Chamian Cruz reports the City of Atlanta’s former chief financial officer was sentenced this week to three years in federal prison for embezzling money and falsifying tax records. –Stephannie Stokes has more on the federal government awarding more than $30 million to Georgia organizations to address homelessness among veterans.
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