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Georgia technology leader Lee Herron dies of cancer
One of the longest-serving technology leaders in Georgia, Lee Herron, has died after a long battle with cancer. On March 31, Herron retired from the Georgia Research Alliance, where he served for 16 years in various roles. When he retired, he was serving as GRA’s senior vice president, and he was leading the Greater Yield Initiative, which nurtures promising agricultural technologies to boost Georgia’s farm and agribusiness industries.
CRD seeks public comment on NOAA’s Proposed Rule to Amend North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Coastal Resources Division (CRD) is accepting public comment on a request for review of a federal consistency submission from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Protected Resources proposing amendments to the North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule (“speed rule”).
As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help
Sam is a bespectacled 6-year-old with a winning smile and a penchant for dinosaurs, as evidenced by the roaring Tyrannosaurus rex on the back of his favorite shirt. “He loves anything big, and powerful, and scary,” says his mother, Tabitha. Sam grins mischievously as he puts his hands together in a circle — the American Sign Language word for “ball.” He’s telling Tabitha he wants to start his day in the colorful ball pit in a corner of his playroom in their home in central Georgia.
Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants can’t be challenged with a referendum, an attorney said Monday in a letter to the judge considering a petition by local voters.
One in Custody Following Afternoon Gunfire Near Regency Inn
Update 8:10 PM: Just spoke with Chief Mize: there is minimal information available, as this is an active and ongoing investigation. One individual is in custody and is refusing to speak, Mize said. More information on the identity and location of the second individual is still being sought. Mize said the Crime Investigation Division (CID) has taken charge of the investigation. The information available at this point is that two individuals were shooting at each other; no one was hit, one vehicle was struck and one gun has been recovered. This is all the information that has been released to WNEG News at the moment.
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