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Southeast Georgia Road Work Weekly Traffic Interruption Advisory Aug 17-23
Southeast Georgia Road Work... Weekly Traffic Interruption Advisory SOUTHEAST GA - Georgia Department of Transportation continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, August 17 through Friday, August 23. All work subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are cautioned to reduce their speed while traveling through work zones, pay attention and watch for workers. Traffic interruptions are listed below by interstates, categories, and counties. Interstate 95 I-95 at FL State line Camden County St. Marys River Bridge Rehab Overnight Lane closures in GA...
Weather Impact Alert | Central Georgia in Level 2 risk for severe weather on Sunday
MACON, Ga. — The 13WMAZ weather team is issuing a weather impact alert day for Sunday afternoon as strong thunderstorms are expected in our area. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a level 2 out of 5 risk for most of Central Georgia for severe weather. The main concern...
Distracted driving responsible for over half of crashes in Georgia, report says
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A new report from the Georgia Office of Highway Safety underscores the importance of putting down your phone, turning off your radio and focusing on the conditions around you. According to a report, 53% of crashes come from distracted driving. Distracted driving is defined by the...
Red Cross volunteers continue to aid Tropical Storm Debby victims
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - People in the two-state are still recovering 10 days after Tropical Storm Debby impacted our area. On Friday, we visited our local Red Cross to see where they stand in recovery efforts. Up to 50 emergency shelters were opened up across Georgia, South Carolina and North...
Kemp extends emergency declaration from Debby
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the state of emergency in parts of Georgia in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby until Tuesday, Aug. 20. The lingering effects of last week’s storm were still being felt Friday in southeastern Georgia in the form of floodwaters after Debby dropped more than 10 inches of rain in already saturated areas. The Ogeechee and Canoochee rivers overflowed their banks. Several provisions in...
Carr announces new head for state’s Organized Retail Crime Unit
(The Center Square) – Georgia's Organized Retail Crime Unit is a first, and Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ruffini has been tapped to lead it by state Attorney General Chris Carr. Carr said the initiative will work to stop the rise in organized retail theft and cyber crimes across the state. “From North Georgia and metro Atlanta to South Georgia and the coast, we have seen unprecedented success in putting away...
Raffensperger slams Georgia election board proposal to hand-count ballots as ‘misguided’
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger criticized a rule being considered by the State Election Board that would require poll workers to count ballots by hand on Election Day. The rule, proposed by Sharlene Alexander, a member of the Fayette County Board of Elections and Voter Registration, would require three poll workers to hand-count all […]
Fairs connect UNG to its communities
The University of North Georgia (UNG) will host Community Engagement Fairs (CEFs) on its Dahlonega and Gainesville campuses this month to help students, faculty and staff find opportunities for volunteering, service-learning, work-based learning, and other forms of partnership. Event details are as follows:. Dahlonega Campus CEF: Aug. 21, 11 a.m....
Friday Fund Day: What Southeast Startups Did The Week Of August 12, 2024
School is back in session and summer vacation season is behind us. Here in the middle of August, these are the startups that made headlines recently:. QGenda, the Atlanta-based healthcare workforce management solutions platform, was acquired by Hearst. Financial details of the deal were not released, by the Wall Street Journal has some more reporting on the transaction here.
Vantage Data Centers Plans Two New Sites in Georgia
Vantage Data Centers, a DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG) portfolio company, is expanding in Georgia. The company has filed two Developments of Regional Impact (DRI) applications with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs to build data center campuses in Fulton County, outside Atlanta, Data Centre Dynamics reported. The first application, referred...
Ohio AG Yost and three other AGs push for grocery mega-merger between Kroger and Albertsons
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in Alabama, Georgia and Iowa went to court Wednesday to urge that the merger between Kroger and Albertsons go through. Opponents of the merger — including the Federal Trade Commission and eight state attorneys general — say that such a huge merger in a consolidating marketplace will […]
Inflation has cost Georgia families $27,000 since 2021
(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers in Georgia are concerned about increases in inflation, as a recent report shows households have paid $27,427 more because of inflation since January 2021. The average household in the state is spending $1,074 more per month to buy the same goods and services as in 2021, according to a July report from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. To have the same standard of...
No. 21 Buford takes on No. 10 Milton: How to watch the Super 25 Georgia football matchup
Georgia high school football kicks off across the state with plenty of notable matchups this week, but few more so than the gridiron action Friday night in Milton. It’s an opening USA TODAY Sports Super 25 clash, with the No. 10 Eagles welcoming No. 21 Buford in a Peach State headliner.
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