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Mon., February 13, 2012 3:00pm
Amtrak officials say, more Georgians got on and off their trains last year than any year before. Amtrak's Georgia ridership broke 200,000 passengers for the first in 2011. This comes as Amtrak expects major cuts in federal funding.
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Mon., February 13, 2012 12:10pm
A PBS documentary premiering tonight on GPBTV takes a closer look at how slavery lingered in the South long after it was outlawed. The film "Slavery by Another Name" derived its name and factual heft from a book authored by former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Douglas Blackmon. The writer visited Savannah many times in recent years to talk about the central thesis of the book and film.
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Fri., February 10, 2012 3:00pm
New signs soon will be directing motorists traveling to Tybee Island to use a new route. They now tell people to take US 80 through Savannah. This spring, the state Department of Transporation will move the signs to usher motorists on Interstate 16.
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Thu., February 9, 2012 4:54pm
Federal regulators have given Southern Company final approval to build two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission vote means the nation's first new nuclear plant in three decades will be built south of Augusta. Environmental and consumer advocates are trying to halt construction.
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Thu., February 9, 2012 6:00am
Music collectors are releasing the entire digital library of a prolific folklorist who archived scores of everyday Georgia musicians. Alan Lomax made his life’s career recording unheralded artists, largely in the South.
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Wed., February 8, 2012 4:07pm
Forecasters are predicting more dangerous conditions for the spring wildfire season. Rains expected this month could improve conditions, but not enough to help already dry areas. New vegetation could add to the problem.
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Tue., February 7, 2012 11:16pm
About 100 people gathered near the Imperial Sugar refinery near Savannah to remember those who died at the plant on the same night four years ago. Fourteen people were killed because of a dust explosion at the facility on Feburary 7th, 2008. First responders, ministers and survivors gathered at a church near the blast site.
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Mon., February 6, 2012 6:38pm
The Georgia Supreme Court overturned the state's assisted-suicide law [Monday]. The Georgia legislation banned publicizing end-of-life services. The justices say, that violates free speech.
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Thu., February 2, 2012 5:00pm
Nuclear power plant expansions are moving forward in the South while they are stalled or have been scrapped in other parts of the country. The South's politics have a lot to do with that trend. Lawmakers here prefer regulated markets and smooth the way for expensive new reactors.
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Thu., February 2, 2012 3:00pm
About one in three Georgians don't have enough savings to last them three months in case they lose their job. The Washington, D.C. based Corporation for Enterprise Development ranks Georgia last nationally for its residents' overall financial security.
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