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A place to heal: Rome allocates $150,000 in opioid settlement funds
This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at northwestgeorgianews.com. A loss for opioid manufacturers means a win for Rome. The national settlement means healing and hope for local men seeking to rebuild their lives. Using funds allocated from a...
Audit underway for Northwest Georgia Housing Authority finances
This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at northwestgeorgianews.com. The new director of the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority has brought in an outside accountant to begin sorting out finances within the agency. During the authority’s meeting Wednesday morning, board...
New DG Market Opens in Rome
Dollar General has opened a new DG Market at 3433 Kingston Highway in Rome. The store format features an expanded selection of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables, as well as the same categories, brands and products Dollar Generals carry. “We are excited to provide Rome residents with our new DG Market format and look forward to welcoming customers to our new location,” said Matthew Simonsen, Dollar General’s senior vice president of real estate and store development. ...
Floyd County Commission approves RV park in Cave Spring, with conditions
The Floyd County Commission has approved a special use permit for an RV park on Davis Road in Cave Spring. The application first came to the commission in April, but the board opted to allow the developer Anthony Carver to adjust the plans. Carver told the commission Tuesday that they...
Rome and Floyd County Schools See Improvement In Milestones
Literacy, especially in high schoolers, is still an obstacle but both the Rome and Floyd County school systems touted gains in the Georgia Milestones released by Georgia Department of Education on Friday. Overall a statewide decline in reading scores among third graders is part of a larger trend. According to 2022 assessment data presented to the Georgia Council on Literacy last fall, 56% of third-grade students in Georgia were not prepared to move to the next grade. ...
Rome City Commission approves pay raise for public safety, other city departments
Wednesday, July 24, 2024–10:09 a.m. Rome Police officers and firefighters are getting a pay raise. On Monday, the Rome City Commission approved a new pay scale with a minimum salary of $52,000 a year for public safety. In other city departments, the minimum hourly wage will increase from $13...
Rome’s unemployment rises as seasonal student workers enter the summer job market
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 3.9 percent in June, up six-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 3.8 percent. “Georgia is where opportunities abound, and innovation thrives,” said Commissioner Bruce Thompson. “Every summer, our students...
Atlanta's wet July is not enough to end the drought
ATLANTA — Atlanta has picked up over 8 inches of rain this month, yet we've seen only small improvements in the drought. In the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released on Thursday, July 25th, 'Severe' Drought is still ongoing in parts of Fulton, Cobb, Forsyth, Cherokee, Bartow, and Paulding counties. This is based on data from the morning of Tuesday, July 23 and does not include the previous two evenings' worth of heavy rain on top of the Atlanta metro area.
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