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From service returns to bottle distribution, here's the latest Augusta-area water news
Electricity wasn't the only utility Augusta-area families had taken from them by Hurricane Helene. Multiple households reported loss of water as early as Friday, and on Sunday, even more lost water after Augusta had to shut it down due to further complications. While some have water again, the city issued a boil water...
'Unprecedented': Governor urges patience as Augusta slowly shakes off hurricane paralysis
Georgia is using all its power to get electric power to the rest of the 1.3 million residents blacked out by Hurricane Helene, Gov. Brian Kemp said Monday. "Literally, this hurricane, it's like a 250-mile-wide tornado had hit," said Kemp, surrounded by local and state leaders gathered outside James Brown Arena in downtown...
Augusta GreenJackets host food giveaway at SRP Park
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WJBF) – The Augusta GreenJackets hosted a food giveaway on Tuesday at SRP Park in North Augusta. Hundreds gathered to receive a hot dog, a cold soda, and charge their phones during the giveaway. We spoke with Tom Denlinger, Vice President of the GreenJackets, who stressed the importance of community. “We started […]
Red Cross of Augusta working to provide shelter after Helene
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Red Cross of Augusta is working on providing shelter to disaster victims. There are 8 set up in Georgia, 2 of those are in Augusta. Right now volunteers are offering emergency feeding throughout communities. “We’re starting some emergency feeding. We’ve got emergency response vehicles that are going out to communities all […]
Augusta leaders reported 8,000 linemen will help restore power after Hurricane Helene
More than 60,000 Richmond County residents are still without power as of Tuesday, according to the Georgia Power Outage Map. What is being done to fix that? More than 1,000 linemen are already in the area following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, and Augusta leaders confirmed during a press conference Tuesday that more...
National Guard members housing at Kroc Center while in our area
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – As more National Guard members are deployed to our area, that means they also need a place to stay. The Salvation Army of Augusta is helping them out. They’ve opened the Kroc Center to serve as a shelter for the Guardsmen. Volunteers spent the morning setting up cots and preparing food […]
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