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Thu., April 25, 2013 3:45pm
An unusual financial deal could clean up the toxic site of a bankrupt sulfuric acid plant in Savannah. When the Tronox facility emerged from bankruptcy two years ago, it was put in a trust. The trust's manager wants to sell the property for at least $30 million.
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Wed., April 17, 2013 10:00am
Lawmakers from Georgia and South Carolina are pledging to hold additional meetings to discuss water issues along the Savannah River. Georgia lawmakers spent several hours visiting to the Statehouse in Columbia yesterday.
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Mon., March 25, 2013 12:15pm
Court-ordered mediation in a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel resumes this week. Attorneys for both sides meet behind closed doors in federal court in Charleston again Wednesday.
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Fri., March 15, 2013 12:50pm
Georgia and South Carolina lawmakers who represent districts along the Savannah River plan to meet next month to discuss several topics, including the Savannah harbor deepening.
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Mon., February 25, 2013 11:00am
The iconic Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge that spans the Savannah River and serves as a backdrop for many tourist photos could soon have a new name.
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Thu., February 21, 2013 5:00pm
Federal accounting watchdogs say a facility near Augusta designed to convert weapons-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel is $2 billion over budget. A General Accountability Office report issued last week also says the mixed-oxide or MOX plant is years behind schedule.
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Thu., November 29, 2012 5:26pm
Two days of court-ordered mediation were slated to get under way in a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel. Attorneys for both sides were scheduled to meet today and tomorrow in Charleston in sessions overseen by former South Carolina U.S. Rep. John Spratt.
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Fri., September 28, 2012 6:02pm
Both sides in a lawsuit over dredging the Savannah River are set to sit down next week and try to resolve their issues. A federal judge this week ordered that all parties meet with court-appointed mediator former U.S. Rep. John Spratt on Oct. 25 and 26 at the federal courthouse in Charleston.
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Tue., September 4, 2012 6:17pm
Another South Carolina agency wants to enter the federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million dredging of the Savannah River shipping channel. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control says it should be allowed to participate because it would have to issue a Pollution Control Act permit for the dredging if the court requires one.
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Thu., July 26, 2012 1:20pm
The Georgia Ports Authority wants to enter a federal lawsuit challenging the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel. The authority also wants to block the Savannah River Maritime Commission, a South Carolina state agency, from being involved in the case.
